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Published
October 22, 2021

Commentary: With David Flanagan’s death, country loses model of bipartisan camaraderie

His work across the aisle during the Senate’s Katrina inquiry helped pave the way for legislation that has made us all safer.
Published
October 21, 2021

Maine Voices: Our state has an untapped supply of potential new hires

Mainers with disabilities would love to work and are capable and productive yet often don’t get the chance to prove themselves.
Published
October 21, 2021

Brandon Mazer: I want to make Portland more affordable, livable and fair

As a city councilor, I’d be committed to working with others so that everyone has the opportunity to live, work and prosper here.
Published
October 20, 2021

Leonard Pitts: There’s ‘you people’ and ‘my people.’ Where did ‘we, the people’ go?

I venerate the ideals on which this country was founded. Sadly, many others no longer do.
Published
October 20, 2021

Commentary: Question 3 a common-sense effort to secure the right to grow our own food

If you want a more ecologically sound and economically free and just food system, vote ‘yes.’

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Published
October 20, 2021

Maine Voices: More funding not a long-term fix for our state’s child care crisis

Instead of hoping for Washington to bail us out, Maine legislators should take a scalpel to onerous regulations.
Published
October 19, 2021

Maine Voices: Opening our eyes is key to reducing frequency, impact of domestic violence

Each perpetrator is someone else’s supportive friend, loving brother, caring father, helpful neighbor or favorite coworker.
Published
October 19, 2021

Commentary: Healthy democracies can’t discriminate against independent candidates, voters

Make primaries nonpartisan; standardize ballot and financing rules, and include all general election candidates in public debates.
Published
October 17, 2021

Sen. Craig Hickman: Vote ‘yes’ on Question 3 to reaffirm that all power is inherent in the people.

Maine should amend our Constitution to enshrine a right to food, the state senator and organic farmer writes.
Published
October 9, 2021

Question 1 Con: We need to act now to avoid climate catastrophe

The only thing scarier than a rapidly warming planet is our inability to do something about it.