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Columns

Published
January 12, 2017

Harness racing industry doesn’t get tax subsidies or ignore retired horses

It does get a share of casino revenue, but most money in the sport comes from breeders and horse owners.
Published
January 11, 2017

Leonard Pitts: Trump’s words don’t reflect what’s in his heart? Wrong – they’re a megaphone

Should we believe the president-elect's apologist, or a holy man who said, 'The mouth speaks what the heart is full of?'
Published
January 11, 2017

Maine Voices: Trump should follow Reagan’s precedent: Make ‘illegal aliens’ legal

Immigration policy must be reformed to give them a path to citizenship – and an obligation to pay taxes.
Published
January 11, 2017

Greg Kesich: Checks and balances on president soon to get a major workout

Sen. Collins and others do their part by pushing to delay ACA repeal to allow time to devise a substitute.
Published
January 10, 2017

Charles Lawton: Sure, all politics are local, but now all economics are, too

The most serious threat facing Maine's economy is the emerging shortage of workers.

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Published
January 10, 2017

Maine Voices: Take sides with the water protectors, in Maine or North Dakota

Events near the Standing Rock Sioux reservation are directly related to what happens here in Maine.
Published
January 10, 2017

Abrupt repeal of Obamacare could cause instability, collapse insurance markets

Some of the contemplated actions in Washington could have terrible consequences for thousands of Maine citizens who would lose coverage.
Published
January 9, 2017

Maine Voices: Sessions’ record suggests he wouldn’t do justice to women’s rights

President-elect Trump's pick for attorney general has long been an anti-abortion extremist.
Published
January 8, 2017

Cynthia Dill: ‘Intersectionality’ defines Women’s March on Washington

Race and gender intersect in life, but not always in law or special-interest groups.
Published
January 8, 2017

Alan Caron: Rural Maine may well be a critical element of our future economy

Often-overlooked rural areas are essential to who we are as a state.