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Published
March 19, 2021

Maine Voices: Public’s bleak view of Congress inevitable result of negative campaigning

Contests as hostile as Maine’s 2020 U.S. Senate race fuel the kind of pessimism that stymies lawmakers long after the last sign is taken down.
Published
March 19, 2021

Rep. Jared Golden: Health care reform just got harder

By using budget reconciliation to enact COVID relief in 2021, Democrats have set up a fight with Republicans over expiring subsidies in 2023.
Published
March 19, 2021

Maine Senate president: Maine Med nurses deserve to be heard. With a union, they will be.

By banding together, the nurses who have been there for patients like me will be better able to speak out and improve their own health and safety conditions.
Published
March 18, 2021

Commentary: Good news for the planet – protecting public lands and making electric vehicles

It bodes well for our chances of reaching net-zero emissions that President Biden is discouraging oil and gas extraction and GM is committing itself to electric cars.
Published
March 18, 2021

Maine Voices: Apologizing 101 – how to say ‘I’m sorry’ and mean it

In cases of abuse and harassment, any apology usually sidesteps culpability at a time when no-excuses contrition is what’s needed.

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Published
March 17, 2021

Leonard Pitts: Republican Party considers ballots more dangerous than bullets

Republicans can’t win if all of us vote. So they’re trying hard to ‘fix’ that.
Published
March 17, 2021

Commentary: Senate will expedite Maine, national recovery by advancing the DREAM Act

A small group of undocumented immigrants brought here as children offer invaluable contributions to our country and should be allowed to stay.
Published
March 17, 2021

Commentary: Vaccine passports don’t have to work to be effective

The United States should develop a system to verify inoculations but not necessarily use it.
Published
March 17, 2021

Maine Voices: Irish brothers from Machias fought, won Revolution’s first naval battle

Two months after Minutemen routed English troops, the six O’Briens seized three invading vessels in ‘the Lexington of the Sea.’
Published
March 16, 2021

Maine Voices: Intercity passenger rail could solve many of Maine’s problems

The state should not turn rail corridors into recreational trails and miss a historic opportunity.