The Show Up Network (SUN) for Gun Safety is focused solely on turning Mainers out on this issue so that our voice will be heard.
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Bruce Poliquin: We must protect our sacred right to vote, freely and fairly
Changes that Democrats claim will make it easier for eligible people to cast ballots will actually lead to a less transparent, nationalized system.
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Commentary: Legislation a first step toward a more humane, effective immigration system
The U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 promotes keeping families together and protects vulnerable people, such as survivors of domestic violence and trafficking.
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Maine Voices: Lowering voting age to 16 will give more stakeholders a say in our democracy
Today’s young people are expected to fix past generations’ mistakes, yet we don’t have the basic right to cast a ballot. L.D. 706 would change that.
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UMaine President Joan Ferrini-Mundy: Positives in pandemics – Extension’s role grows during COVID-19 crisis
Extension created resources to help Maine farmers and consumers and developed the capacity to analyze rapid COVID tests, while 4-H launched programs to engage with youth online.
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Maine Voices: Maine has history of withholding treatment from inmates. COVID is no exception
As a doctor who serves on one jail’s Board of Visitors says, ‘No one should be sentenced to lack of health care.’
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Commentary: U.S. vaccine hoarding is alienating the world
The world had hoped ‘America First’ would end when Joe Biden replaced Donald Trump as president. It hasn’t.
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Maine Voices: I’m a longtime nurse at Maine Medical Center, and I don’t support a union
Why would we pay dues that would give us benefits we already have and make the patient a secondary consideration?
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Maine Voices: In my last year of teaching, I ‘lost’ a student
The children most at risk before COVID are affected even more now. If you know of a child who is not engaged in school, please speak up.
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Commentary: Working Maine families need lifeline to overcome impacts of COVID
Our senators must vote ‘yes’ on the upcoming American Rescue Plan so that Mainers can pay their bills, put food on the table and stay in their homes.