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Commentary: Get toxic chemicals out of Maine’s food

by Leonardo Trasande Special to the Press Herald April 18, 2019April 18, 2019

Phthalates and PFAS – linked to health concerns such as cancer, infertility and obesity – would be phased out of food packaging under L.D. 1433.

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Gina Barreca: In the ancient arms of Notre Dame

by Gina Barreca April 18, 2019April 29, 2019

Why should anyone care about a fire in Paris when we all have more immediate problems closer to home? I’d just finished grading papers, sitting in a rare moment of silence in my office at work, when one of my students came in and said “Notre Dame is burning.” It was one of those phrases […]

Bill Nemitz, Op-Eds, Opinion

Bill Nemitz: When a church falls, we lose more than a just a building

by Bill Nemitz April 17, 2019April 17, 2019

The horrific sight of Notre Dame Cathedral burning stuns the world and, closer to home, triggers memories of the day another church came crashing down.

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George Smith: The Central Maine Power project is wrong for western Maine

by George Smith April 17, 2019April 29, 2019

The proposed transmission line would hurt the very thing that makes Maine special.

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Commentary: A constitutional pathway is available to ranked-choice voting in state elections

by Lee Mortimer Special to the Press Herald April 17, 2019April 16, 2019

If there were only a first and a second choice, votes could be added directly to a candidate’s total and tabulated in a single count.

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Cynthia M. Allen: ‘Unplanned’ forces those willing to watch to see the reality of abortion

by Cynthia Allen April 16, 2019April 30, 2019

There is a scene in the HBO adaptation of the Stephen Ambrose tome, “Band of Brothers,” in which the men of Easy Company, out on patrol, come across a Nazi concentration camp. The German guards have abandoned the camp, and the prisoners who remain are but shadows of men — diseased, broken, starved and dying. […]

Maine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion

Maine Voices: Amid shock, grief of abortion late in pregnancy, I’m coping by advocating for other women

by Dana Peirce Special to the Press Herald April 15, 2019April 14, 2019

Nobody should have to go without abortion care for lack of insurance coverage.

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Commentary: How did the feds spend your taxes?

by Justin Bogie and Adam N. Michel April 15, 2019April 15, 2019

It’s nice to have more money in your pocket. And thanks to the 2017 tax cuts, the typical American is now paying less in taxes. But that’s not to say we’re not still sending a hefty sum of money to Washington. Tally up all the payroll and other taxes on earnings and income, and you’ll […]