opinion

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October 11, 2022

Christine Flowers: Women in many other nations fear for their lives
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October 11, 2022

Letters to the editor: Political endorsements
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October 11, 2022

Commentary: If reelected to Maine’s Legislature, I will scratch and claw to strengthen a woman’s right to choose

The U.S. Constitution ought to adopt an Equal Rights Amendment. The Maine Constitution must, too.
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October 11, 2022

Maine Voices: From billboards to bottles, policies speak volumes about how we want to live

In big ways and small, life really is different here in Maine. It’s up to us to keep it that way.
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October 11, 2022

Another View: Democrats should scuttle the debt ceiling before America hits the fiscal brink

The debt ceiling has routinely been raised over the years, a process that used to be uncontroversial. In today’s deeply divided Congress, that has changed.

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October 10, 2022

Letters to the editor: Candidate endorsements; Bath needs a new firehouse
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October 10, 2022

The Conversation: Hurricane hunters flew through Ian’s powerful winds to forecast intensity – here’s what happens when the plane plunges into the eyewall of a storm
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October 10, 2022

Another View: The public shouldn’t have to sue to get public information

The Freedom of Information Act remains a powerful but flawed law, with disclosure from some agencies coming only after legal action.
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October 10, 2022

Commentary: Maine still treating Indigenous tribes like second-class citizens

The state's tribes are still waiting for access to rights and benefits enjoyed by hundreds of tribes across the nation.
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October 9, 2022

Maine Observer: Doing my bit to fight the fires of 1947

I was drafted to help the fires that ravaged parts of the state, but we had no idea of what was in store for us.