As he faces his toughest battle yet, he’s still dedicating his energy to bettering lives via the Augusta-based Children’s Center.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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The Maine Millennial: Utah case documents how we keep failing domestic violence victims
The scenes we can see in Gabby Petito’s social media posts are repeated everywhere.
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Jim Fossel: Some pandemic crisis measures should be permanent
Local governments in Portland and Falmouth illustrate how – and how not to – navigate the new reality.
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Maine Compass: Kennebec dams good for Maine’s economy
Forcing the removal of the dams would hurt the effort to maintain critical traditional industries, the president of the Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce writes.
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Maine Voices: It’s time to close Long Creek, end youth incarceration
The state’s scramble to rebrand the institution can never heal the years of neglect and abuse that it has caused.
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Sen. Mattie Daughtry: Reproductive freedom is a human right
Maine will not move backward when it comes to a person’s right to access abortion and control their own body.
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Commentary: Pushed to retire and to keep earning, older Americans face a peculiar vise
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Scholars Strategy Network: More can be done to protect our voting rights
The great advancements made to secure the ballot in Maine could be strengthened, and in many cases should be used in other states.
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Commentary: Owning up to our part in the plight of the North Atlantic right whale
While the debate continues over how many right whale deaths are caused by lobster gear, the scientific evidence for the toll taken by climate-related ocean change is mounting.
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Maine Voices: Fight to give millions of immigrants roadmap to citizenship is far from over
No matter what the Senate parliamentarian says, the struggle for basic rights and protections will continue.