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Columns

Published
September 21, 2021

Commentary: Budget choice – kids or billionaires

The child tax credit expansion has been shown to be a success. Making this expansion permanent should be a no-brainer.
Published
September 21, 2021

Maine Voices: Either we change and adapt to COVID, or we sicken and die of it

We have the ability to consciously alter the course of natural selection, but too many of us still are choosing to do what we’ve always done.
Published
September 20, 2021

Rep. Chellie Pingree: We must save Roe v. Wade

I’ve co-sponsored legislation that would keep the government out of our personal health decisions, and I support President Biden’s drive to confirm pro-choice federal judges.
Published
September 19, 2021

Maine Observer: The long drive back from 9/11

A quick trip to Washington was disrupted when history happened.
Published
September 19, 2021

Maine Voices: The teachers who make a difference

Did you have a ‘Mrs. Krikorian’ – an educator who looked past your surface and saw your potential?

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Published
September 19, 2021

Jim Fossel: Don’t let NIMBYs block progress

Around Maine, selfish local objections stand in the way of much-needed infrastructure, energy and affordable-housing proposals.
Published
September 19, 2021

David Flanagan: To forge clean-energy future, Maine needs hydropower, established utilities

Reducing carbon emissions will require a balance of carbon-free energy sources and more aggressive monitoring of CMP and Versant.
Published
September 19, 2021

The Maine Millennial: Ignorance fuels cycle of restrictions on reproductive rights

If more people knew how women’s bodies work, laws like Texas’ six-week abortion ban would be less likely to pass.
Published
September 19, 2021

Bill Nemitz: They ventured down the path of COVID-19 denial. Now they’re both dead.

Matt Finch, still grieving the loss of his parents, sounds an alarm for others.
Published
September 19, 2021

Insight: Our country needs Congress to tax and spend

Decades of corporate growth and middle-class stagnation have put the economy on an unsustainable path.