American supermarket and retail workers deserve better than the standard – standing – American check stand.
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Maine Voices: What Mainers can do to strengthen democracy
As the dust from the first round of Jan. 6 hearings settles, let’s think about what needs to happen next.
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Maine Voices: Innovation, advocacy central to Maine Humanities Council’s valuable work
I’ve benefited greatly from the work of the council, which brings the humanities to new communities all over Maine.
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Jim Fossel: Congress needs to start pulling its lawmaking weight
The legislative – yes, legislative – branch has been sleeping on the job.
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The Maine Millennial: Things to know about the doctor’s office
A medical secretary – that’s me – dispenses some practical insight.
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Commentary: Unified accreditation offers UMaine System shared resources and better efficiency
Standing alone, some of our universities may not meet traditional accreditation requirements. The unified approach is the best means of supporting and sustaining them.
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Maine Voices: Acadia celebrates a landmark investment in the great outdoors
The Great American Outdoors Act helps make up for years of limited funding that degraded the National Park Service’s ability to address infrastructure.
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Maine Voices: Death at jail shows we’re paying high price for opioid epidemic
Those who oversee the health and wellbeing of adults behind bars are clearly ill equipped for that responsibility.
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Maine Voices: Shellfish farms here and across America are being hammered by climate change
As shellfish aquaculture is thwarted by global warming, so are its social, environmental and economic benefits.
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Commentary: Need for greater public and private investment in higher education’s hidden costs
In Maine and across the nation, ‘invisible’ financial barriers hold back many low-income first-generation college students.