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Columns

Published
March 5, 2021

Bill Nemitz: New and improved democracy – so easy you can do it in your pajamas

Zoom, a silver lining of the pandemic, has spurred greater attendance at local government meetings.
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March 5, 2021

Commentary: State rises to pandemic challenges with in-home services for older Mainers

Supportive state and federal policy and funding has fueled in-home support workers, volunteers, municipalities, nonprofit support agencies and health care providers.
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March 5, 2021

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.
Published
March 5, 2021

Maine Voices: Three-part recipe for a high-performance Maine power grid

Empower a statewide consumer-owned utility; assign grid planning to a group that functions in the public interest, and regulate utilities rigorously.
Published
March 4, 2021

Commentary: Maine politicians, regulators must do more to hold CMP accountable

Otherwise, the utility will remain the largest obstacle Maine faces in its goals to provide reliable power to its people and combat climate change.

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March 4, 2021

Commentary: Prospects for broadband growth at critical point in Maine

Regulatory change could enable much-needed fast, reliable and affordable fiber internet access – if legacy phone, power and cable companies don’t block it.
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March 4, 2021

Maine Voices: Officials’ references to ‘Democrat Party’ undermine civil political discourse

If you keep calling someone by the wrong name, then you’re making a conscious choice to be disrespectful.
Published
March 3, 2021

Leonard Pitts: America spends a lot of time trying to kill democracy

Senate Democrats must unite to block the filibuster and pass 2 bills that will expand access to voting.
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March 3, 2021

Commentary: We need a second season of ‘Mrs. America’

Anti-feminist activist Phyllis Schlafly’s career was no less important after her efforts derailed the Equal Rights Amendment in 1980.
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March 3, 2021

Maine Voices: Prioritize essential food workers for the coronavirus vaccine

Maine’s grocery employees have not had the luxury of avoiding direct human interaction, even during the pandemic.