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Published
February 5, 2022

Another View: Google shouldn’t know where you are if you don’t want it to

A lawsuit alleges the tech giant made it ’nearly impossible’ for users to avoid sharing their location data.
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February 5, 2022

Maine Voices: Why not a sales-tax holiday for Maine?

The projected $800 million budget surplus has positioned Maine well to provide some relief to our more cash-strapped friends and neighbors.
Published
February 5, 2022

Commentary: Give nuclear exposure victims a break

My work with nuclear weapons and uranium workers has shown me that we must continue to provide essential benefits to workers and their survivors.
Published
February 5, 2022

Commentary: Don’t let weather buzzwords like ‘bombogenesis’ cloud the forecast

Catchy terms attract a lot of attention. But it’s paramount we don't lose sight of key messages and how to stay safe.
Published
February 4, 2022

Our View: Bill takes right route on browntail moth. But it’s not enough

Maine communities will need significant resources to meet the threat posed by this and other toxic pests.

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Published
February 4, 2022

Maine Voices: Pandemic calls for us to rethink impossible expectations of teachers

Can we continue to ask them to wear so many hats, for pay that will not allow them to pursue education as a long-term career, with minimal support?
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February 4, 2022

Commentary: Whoopi Goldberg got it all wrong on the Holocaust. But if she can learn, we all can

Suspended for her misinformed comments, ‘The View’ co-host gives us all one model for how to go about changing our perceptions.
Published
February 3, 2022

Our View: Bill could give Maine better utilities

Maine’s power utilities have lost the public’s confidence, and so have their regulators at the Maine PUC.
Published
February 3, 2022

Commentary: Put an end to wrongful evictions of older Americans

My mom’s experience shows that state and federal laws requiring 30 days’ notice of nursing home discharges have been allowed to atrophy into irrelevance.
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February 3, 2022

Maine Voices: Legislature should ban solitary confinement in Maine’s jails, prisons

L.D. 696 will put an end to a practice that has no rehabilitative purpose and that harms people who are incarcerated.