Restoration of train travel to our major cities would transform everything for the better. The public knows it.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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With Maine voter ID referendum, democracy is in the details | Opinion
The effort to chip away at Mainers’ voting rights must be rejected.
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Out to get Golden, Republicans ensnare Collins | Steve Collins
The 2nd District congressman opposed President Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill.’ Are his GOP critics aware that somebody else did the same?
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Maine has a vested interest in Earth and space science research | Opinion
With ‘100-year’ storms occurring far more regularly, we must seek to better understand nature’s phenomena.
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Skip the news headlines and head for Canada | Opinion
Despite hostile rumblings from this side of the border, the people of the Canadian Maritimes welcomed me with open arms
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Maine needs to brace for natural disaster | Opinion
Devastating flash flooding in Texas, New Jersey and Vermont remind us that the stakes couldn’t be higher.
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How congressional Republicans quickly lost their way | Opinion
Fear and chaos can very effectively control behavior.
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To protect Maine’s logging industry, Legislature needs to finish the job | Opinion
The passage of a permanent sales tax exemption for log trucks and trailers is an important step. It deserves funding.
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Maine’s lobstermen must keep on v-notching | Opinion
Sustaining the practice of marking egg-bearing females and returning them to the ocean will secure our treasured lobster fishery.
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When it comes to the national debt, there’s still no such thing as a free lunch | Opinion
We can’t maintain our years-long culture of ballooning debt for much longer.