retirement
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PublishedSeptember 20, 2020
Maine Voices: UMaine System breaking its health care promise to retirees
A new plan, set to take effect Jan. 1, is a slap in the face to people who spent their working lives supporting public higher education in Maine.
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PublishedJuly 14, 2020
Retired teacher: ‘Hugs and positive experiences every day’
Kathy St. Clair retired this year after close to 40 years as an elementary school teacher at Hall School/Rowe School.
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PublishedFebruary 28, 2020
Our View: Benefits should reflect sacrifices of Maine’s crime analysts
To ensure justice for others, they deal with disturbing evidence of the ugliest crimes our state sees.
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2020
Longtime South Portland planner reflects on 30-year career
Urban planning is more challenging than ever, Haeuser says.
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PublishedFebruary 27, 2020
Commentary: Make it easier for Maine workers to build wealth through ownership
L.D. 1520 would incentivize the sale of businesses to workers and improve training for companies that are considering selling to employees.
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PublishedJanuary 14, 2020
Bill would create retirement savings program for many Maine workers
The measure would set up state-run plans for private sector workers who lack 401k or other employer-based programs.
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PublishedDecember 30, 2019
Another View: Only way out of our pension crisis is through bipartisan compromise
Congress wastes another year to bail out multi-employer pension plans covering 1.3 million unionized workers.
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PublishedDecember 15, 2019
Maine Observer: After a long career, it’s hard to let go of an identity
Teachers help students find themselves. But it works the other way, too.
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PublishedDecember 8, 2019
The View From Here: What happens after work?
As retirement gets closer, it becomes even harder to imagine.
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PublishedNovember 13, 2019
Commentary: Social Security isn’t doomed for millennials, Gen Xers
Even the worst-case scenario shows that the program will still pay out benefits.