A Nobel Prize-winning economist’s proposal – test essential workers daily, test the rest of us every two weeks – sets up a framework for gathering the data we need to make a decision
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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The Maine Millennial: Postal Service may become a COVID casualty
We are in danger of losing an institution enshrined in our Constitution that offers a service that no private company would provide.
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Doyle McManus: Coronavirus is the great unequalizer
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The View From Here: Rolling the dice with COVID
Science will only give you part of the answer to the question of how much risk are you willing to accept.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Small nonprofits trying to map out survival strategy in summer of COVID
‘Stay home – but send us your money’ is the message being perceived by the seasonal returnees whose donations enable essential services in Maine year round.
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Jim Fossel: Bipartisan commission should review COVID response
Oversight and accountability should be applied to the handling of this crisis, on the federal level and here in Maine.
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Community Compass: Please stand beside the Kennebec Valley YMCA
The organization, which imparts great lessons on its members and the community, needs your help, the president of its board of directors writes.
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Bruce Poliquin: It’s time to start carefully reopening Maine
Get all hands on deck to process unemployment claims, open all of our state parks and let rural areas get back to normal life.
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Commentary: To keep the air clear after COVID-19, take steps for clean transportation
It’s important to make sure that the post-pandemic ‘new normal’ includes clearer skies and healthier lives.
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Bill Nemitz: Cutting through the thicket between want and need
As Maine partially reopens its economy today, each of us still must decide when, and how, to re-engage.