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Maine Voices

Published
February 24, 2018

Maine Voices: As far as emergency text messages are concerned, I’m opting out

The turning point was a text from AccuWeather about a tsunami warning for Portland, Maine.
Published
February 23, 2018

Maine Voices: Instead of raising the minimum wage, give workers the option of benefits

That would make more sense than raising the cost of labor and passing it down to the consumer.
Published
February 22, 2018

Maine Voices: Laser-focus on each student’s unique potential to make schools safe sanctuaries of learning

That gives children the confidence and motivation to achieve and avoids breeding the hostility toward the system that sometimes leads to violence.
Published
February 21, 2018

Maine Voices: Use of Native American mascots offends, causes harm and misleads

In Wells, where those effects are very likely unintentional, we can all be Warriors and drop the racial stereotype.
Published
February 20, 2018

Maine Voices: Public access to information is at the heart of our democracy

We all have a right to know, not just the media, not just people who can afford lawyers.

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Published
February 19, 2018

Maine Voices: Supporting parental education can end generational poverty

Through L.D. 1774, Maine has the opportunity to follow an initiative pursued by farsighted states.
Published
February 18, 2018

Maine Voices: Closing Downeast Correctional Facility misguided

Gov. LePage's decision simply shifts the burden for re-entry and rehabilitation of prisoners to other facilities – and to Maine communities.
Published
February 17, 2018

Maine Voices: Maine State Prison has programs to help inmates turn their lives around

The facility in Warren is becoming a positive environment backed by a staff of caring professionals.
Published
February 16, 2018

Maine Voices: With smart planning, potential negatives of wind farms can be mitigated

A study specific to Maine will help, but the process should be transparent, with no moratorium on new projects.
Published
February 15, 2018

Maine Voices: Gov. LePage coldly wreaks havoc on the lives of prison workers in a poor county

The loss of scarce jobs and work-release inmates from the sudden closing is a big deal for Machiasport and the surrounding community.