Hundreds of adults with intellectual disabilities can’t get housing in group homes because Maine won’t pay enough to hire direct-care workers.
Greg Kesich
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Maine PUC: CMP’s customer service will factor in rate decision
Regulators say they have heard the complaints of inaccurate billing and will take action to ensure customers are treated fairly.
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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Insight: 1919 – The year Maine women won the vote
The victory of the suffragists began a century of struggle for equal rights, a job that is still unfinished.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
The Maine Millennial: Roaming the aisles in a ‘name-tag job’
Hard work for not much money is a way of life for thousands of Mainers in the retail sector.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Opinion
The View From Here: Hard to believe, but Sen. Collins is underwater
Her vote to confirm Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh is cited most often as the reason for the change in the public’s view of her.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Rep. McDonald: Federal rules would hurt lobstering, but do little for whales
A policy that involves both United States and Canada and focuses on the right whale’s migration patterns would do more to prevent entanglements.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: How to ensure success for newest arrivals
Immigrant-run organizations are doing great work, but there’s more the whole community can do to maintain momentum.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Gov. Mills: Aiding asylum seekers also helps Maine economy
Enabling municipalities to extend food and shelter to immigrant families now will help solve our workforce shortage tomorrow.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: ‘Gag rule’ targets poor women’s health
It’s cruel to withhold federal birth control funds to win points in the abortion debate.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
CMP executive: Legislator wrongly maligns electric utility
The president and CEO of the transmission and distribution company defends his company’s performance, and says a lawmaker’s criticism was ‘inaccurate and inflammatory.’