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Maine Voices

Published
April 12, 2016

Maine Voices: Legitimate pain patients shouldn’t suffer from crackdown on opiates

A state bill that aims to control pain medications is based on empty rhetoric and fear mongering.
Published
April 11, 2016

Maine Voices: Demographics, xenophobia aren’t working in our state’s favor

Think what would happen if Maine were to invite immigrants, not by drops but in the thousands.
Published
April 10, 2016

Maine Voices: Pull dams to make the Mousam River sparkle

Kennebunk can restore a vital piece of the ecosystem by removing three dams that produce very little electricity.
Published
April 9, 2016

Maine Voices: Commitment to affordable college tuition is a boon for schools, students

Gov. LePage has led a push to freeze costs while increasing access for people across the state.
Published
April 8, 2016

Maine Voices: Failure of state superdelegates to get behind Sanders undermines representative democracy

The 30-year-old system, which disenfranchises local voters, is undemocratic and should be changed.

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Published
April 7, 2016

Maine Voices: Immigrants learning English in Portland encounter the kindness of Mainers

The helpfulness of 33 Mainers stands in contrast with the anti-immigrant rhetoric from some politicians.
Published
April 6, 2016

Maine Voices: University of New England at forefront of efforts against opioid addiction

Its medical school, ahead of the curve on the issue for many years, has now signed on to an Obama administration initiative.
Published
April 5, 2016

Maine Voices: Leaders who plunder Clean Elections fund ignore will of Maine voters

By borrowing from it, governors and legislators threaten the solvency of an initiative meant to lessen the influence of special-interest money on our elections.
Published
April 4, 2016

Maine Voices: School bell should toll at a later opening time for teen students

Teens have biological clocks that are shifted 90 minutes later than those of adults and younger kids.
Published
April 3, 2016

Maine Voices: Federal Medicaid expansion funds would help ease drug crisis

Other states are using this health care money to treat addiction and reduce related crime – saving dollars and lives.