As the Legislature left town this week after what began as the third annual pandemic session, there was a note of mild optimism. COVID didn’t continue to dominate, and lawmakers made enough progress on recalcitrant issues to merit a modest celebration. There were incremental advances in housing policy, criminal justice reform, energy, and the fraught […]
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Commentary: How to support caregiving children of wounded veterans
Feeling recognized would assure us that we do not face these challenges alone, an Afghanistan War veteran’s son says.
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Maine Voices: Kids deserve a government that takes action to protect their health
The testing of Maine’s schools for lead in the water started last fall, wraps up May 31 and identifies a threat for proper remediation.
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Maine Voices: How Holocaust survivors first remembered their murdered millions
The effort to establish a new holy day in the Jewish calendar was the result of an extraordinary vision only a year after the concentration camps’ liberation.
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Another View: We need all sources of clean energy, popular or not
The price of natural gas is the primary reason that electricity prices have soared. Natural gas represents 47% of New England’s power generation, nuclear 31%, renewables 12%, which actually includes burning refuse and wood, and hydropower 10%. It’s important to note that nuclear plants are old and are likely to phase out. Not only is […]
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Anthem president: We’re working to protect health care affordability
The insurer is committed to coming back to the negotiating table, and it hopes MaineHealth will join them, Denise McDonough says.
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Maine Voices: Can We? Project students provide an example for the rest of the country
Our hope is increased for a future where respectful disagreements lead to productive discourse that once again grounds a well-functioning American democracy.
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Matthew Yglesias: If Canada’s conservatives can say YIMBY, why can’t America’s?
Bloomberg Opinion (TNS)
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Maine Voices: A deluge of voices makes it harder to listen
Fair minded people have trouble navigating a debate where it’s so easy to attack.
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Commentary: Is my drug copay coupon a form of charity — or a bribe?
Kaiser Health News (TNS)