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PublishedMay 31, 2023
Commentary: Expand Medicare Savings Program, allow Mainers to age with dignity
When my fellow legislators and I speak with older constituents, we too often hear about the exorbitant price of medication, heat and electricity and the impossibility of buying gifts for grandchildren.
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PublishedMay 30, 2023
Commentary: Want a fair, effective federal policy to stabilize the disrupted climate?
You don’t have to imagine it. It’s an idea called carbon fee and dividend, or carbon cashback. And it’s already in effect in Canada. And Canadians love it.
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PublishedMay 30, 2023
Commentary: Social Security needs our help if we want it to deliver for us
It’s time for Congress to stop starving the Social Security Administration of the resources it needs to serve the public efficiently and effectively.
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PublishedMay 28, 2023
Jim Fossel: Has the Republican presidential field learned any lessons?
Time will tell whether or not the party is doomed to repeat the mistakes of 2016.
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PublishedMay 28, 2023
The Maine Millennial: The road to a new relationship is full of rocks
More and more these days, I feel like I’m onstage in a play where everyone else got a script and I didn’t.
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PublishedMay 28, 2023
Commentary: Maine’s trails and great outdoors richly deserve our investment
Skowhegan is not alone in seeing the magnificent value of trails. But we need state and federal support to realize our potential as a place with accessible and connected trails that offer year-round experiences.
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PublishedMay 28, 2023
Commentary: The best way to deal with the debt ceiling? Ignore it.
If all of President Biden’s options are unconstitutional, then he should choose the least unconstitutional option.
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PublishedMay 28, 2023
Commentary: Why do we assume that it’s safe to use our phones while we drive?
There’s growing recognition that the use of handheld phones while driving is profoundly dangerous. The data suggest that using your phone ‘responsibly’ isn't great either.
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PublishedMay 27, 2023
Commentary: Florida’s censorship of ‘diversity’ efforts are a tantrum born of white guilt
For a moment Americans seemed ready for more substantive, and frank, engagement with race that anti-racism education demanded. Unfortunately, the moment was short-lived.
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PublishedMay 27, 2023
Commentary: Staffing hospitals at skeletal levels forces nurses to scramble
Nurses from Portland to Presque Isle have told me they are unable to either save patients’ lives or ensure they go home without any preventable complications. L.D. 1639 could change that.
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