You want to talk about price tags? Excluding low-income noncitizens from routine health care comes with an unacceptable financial and social cost.
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Ben Bragdon: Maine voters deserve more from Susan Collins than a defense of Donald Trump
Collins, a longtime member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, should recognize the severity of the former president’s actions.
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Maine Compass: Maine Trails Bond will protect state’s most precious resources
Why does the Maine Trails Bond (L.D. 1156) legislation deserve our support? As a state that cultivates so much economic value from the outdoor recreation industry, L.D. 1156 is the catalyst we need to help establish and maintain the infrastructure Maine needs to meet the demand of its adventure seeking residents and visitors. In a […]
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Long after Hollywood left Cliff Island, props will prove useful
The tradition of hanging on to something lives on – this time, in the form of Bette Davis’ gloves, which will be the focus of a benefit auction.
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Maine Voices: Scientists, engineers should lead the fight against climate change
National governments aren’t capable of meeting the Paris targets. The crisis derives from technical issues, and resolving it is ultimately a technical matter.
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Commentary: Maine is falling short of its obligations to young children with special needs
Our state doesn’t adequately reimburse the vital work of special purpose community schools. A simple legislative bill can right that damaging wrong.
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Maine Voices: South Africa’s cynical support of Russia gravely misreads history
The political events President Cyril Ramaphosa should be taking into account right now unfolded here in the U.S. in 1986.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Expansion of abortion access must be kept in context
The removal of certain limits on abortion in Maine would be transformational – just not in the way its opponents have suggested.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Expansion of abortion access must be kept in context
The removal of certain limits on abortion in Maine would be transformational – just not in the way its opponents have suggested.
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Commentary: Are book bans unconstitutional? They are certainly political
In Missouri, the Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel “Maus” about the Holocaust faces possible removal from schools for at least the third time over its depiction of a female character in a bathtub. In South Carolina, an Advanced Placement teacher has been forced to abandon her lesson about systemic racism using “Between the World and Me” […]