Critics say increased inflation means we can’t afford its measures. In fact, the cost of not taking climate action would far exceed the legislation’s incentives.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Commentary: Lawyers are to be blamed for lack of access to justice in Maine
It’s not that attorneys don’t want to represent low-income clients – it’s that we’ve made it impossible for each other to do so.
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Maine Voices: Let’s tell elected officials we value, expect universal medical care
Billions of dollars in medical bills have been paid via crowdsourcing platforms like GoFundMe. It doesn’t have to be like this.
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Maine Compass: Giving workers the opportunities they need
Multiple initiatives are moving Maine toward its goal of having 60% of adults achieve a post-secondary credential of value by 2025.
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Mike Seavey: Faith communities must stand with working people
We need Maine faith communities to walk with Maine workers in recognizing workers’ rights and once again making economics a centerpiece of a moral horizon.
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Maine Voices: Ukrainian refugee experience echoes my forebears’ journey
My family were given no choice but to leave Poland during World War I. Like legions of Polish refugees at the time, they eventually built good lives for themselves in Portland.
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Jim Fossel: Beware the bond-funded Maine job initiative
Both voters and politicians act as if bonds are piles of free money flowing from rainbows. Would that it were the case.
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Hilary Koch: What it means for a women to be ‘Fabulous at 50’
A photo of J.Lo got the author thinking as she approaches a milestone birthday.
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Maine Observer: Why I keep coming back to a town in Oxford County
Year in, year out, I take a sentimental journey to and throughout Rumford, where I once was surrounded by family.