Towns and cities already have the tools they need to regulate short-term rentals.
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Commentary: An immediate solution to 50% emissions reduction stands all around us
Modern wood heat lowers emissions, keeps money local, creates jobs and supports forest stewardship.
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Commentary: Universal school meals will bring Maine-grown food to all Maine students
L.D. 1679 – making School Meals for All a permanent solution – will be a win for Maine students, Maine farms and fisheries and Maine schools.
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Maine Voices: We must seize the chance to protect our environmental rights
Urge your legislators to pass the proposed Pine Tree Amendment, which would provide a legal basis to take action against harmful policies or developments.
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Commentary: Dental care is health care. Mainers need access to it.
L.D. 1501 provides a way for the dental profession and our state to protect all children from preventable dental disease.
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Maine Voices: How do we fix our broken food system? Invest in local organic farms
It would benefit us if the food we were eating didn’t travel so far – so let’s convert more Maine farmland to organic production.
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Rep. Cloutier and Sen. Bennett: Helping Maine’s family caregivers is the right thing to do
No matter which side of the aisle you’re on, you can agree that these essential workers deserve the $2,000 that L.D. 296 will provide them.
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Maine Voices: Rushed development of offshore wind will have unintended fallout
Small Maine family fishing businesses will be displaced and shuttered by the unprecedented hurry to industrialize the ocean.
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Commentary: Toward greater access to health care in Maine
Bills before the Legislature would prepare the regulatory landscape so Maine has greater and more precise remote diagnoses, monitoring and treatment.
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Jim Fossel: Conservatives should think globally, act locally
The easiest place to stop wasteful government spending is at the municipal level.