In the past, lawmakers with different views could work toward a compromise. Not anymore.
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Douglas Rooks: ‘Lame duck’ legislators should return after Election Day
A legislative session should be held this year.
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Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Schools are learning from COVID’s challenges
Distance learning can be effective if educators take steps to fill in what’s lost by not gathering in person.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Great American Outdoors Act a stunning bipartisan achievement
Members of Maine’s congressional delegation were fierce advocates for preserving our national treasures like Acadia National Park.
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The Maine Millennial: When back to school feels like Russian roulette
Colleges and universities are taking a big risk by reopening while the coronavirus is still spreading.
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Maine Voices: Grandmother would know how to face this pandemic
A member of a practical generation that didn’t complain, this writer’s grandmother would have met the crisis head-on.
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Amy Calder: When power’s out, the mind wanders
An outage during the workday raises fears of a time when everything could stand still, when we are crippled by the fallout of our own intelligence, Amy Calder writes.
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J.P. Devine: Blue is my favorite color
Not a midnight blue, but a “Blessed Mother Blue,” as Sister Rosanna would say, sweeping into the halls of legislatures and executive offices, including a growing number of women, writes J.P. Devine.
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J.P. Devine: Darkness at noon musings
Nature’s seasonal darkness is descending, made even darker and scarier by the coming midterm elections, but we can turn on the lights of truth, J.P. Devine writes.
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J.P. Devine: Mickey was the first kill
It didn’t get any easier as the transmigration of now five souls has been halted by a diabolical instrument of death designed to rid a domicile of mice, writes J.P. Devine.