The Kings live in Bangor, paid $1.4 million in state taxes and gave another $5 million to charity.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Fredette: PUC correctly interpreted energy conservation funding statute as written
Adequately financing Efficiency Maine can be done, and quickly, if both sides work together, the House GOP leader says.
Augusta, Waterville areas need to think outside the box for revenue
Minor league baseball is hot all over the country, and central Maine could support a team.
Town meetings are government at its most responsive and best
Attendance has dwindled, but those who care about town meetings continue to turn out faithfully.
We must know role of nonprofits in the past to understand the present
In New England, villages and towns emerged as central units of government, but they didn’t have resources to provide many services, so nonprofits stepped in.
Skowhegan Indian not a mascot, it’s a heritage
It’s time to get over the injustices of the past and move on.
Have term limits helped Maine or have they hindered progress?
If we reduced size of Legislature, maybe we could increase legislators’ pay.
A predisposition to cluttering seems to be an inherited trait
Intention to organize somehow got lost in the pile of miscellaneous stuff.
Americans’ trust in government slips, even as trust in Fox News grows
Among issues we’re most worried about, global warming is not even on our radar.
No one told me things would be like this
Cancer is one thing, but adding flu-like symptoms to it is just wrong.