An extension of the PFAS reporting deadline will have no impact on the original intent of the legislation.
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Readers respond to our profile of gubernatorial candidate Sam Hunkler
The semiretired doctor’s low-profile, long-shot campaign has drawn a mixture of admiration, bemusement and frustration with Maine’s voting system.
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Commentary: Are Republicans and big business headed for a breakup?
The new trend is distinguished more by its emphasis on cultural nostalgia than by any movement away from traditional conservative economics.
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The Maine Millennial: Don’t blame people for trying to take housing into their own hands
Portland’s ballot questions on short-term rentals and tenant protections didn’t fall from the sky.
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Commentary: Opioid epidemic’s undue burden on rural Maine requires our full attention
Investment in evidence-based approaches can help guide our rural communities out of crisis.
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Jim Fossel: So you can’t fight inflation. How about not adding to it?
When it comes to tempering the cost of living, President Biden could have done a whole lot more by doing a whole lot less.
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Commentary: A little help on parsing inflation from New Hampshire’s Sununu
What we’re confronting today is primarily global; not just fueled but also fired up by the supply chain shutdown during the worst of the pandemic.
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Maine state Sen. Rick Bennett: Should we call this case Frey v. Frey?
A subpoena by the Maine Government Oversight Committee to obtain the DHHS records of four slain children highlights a conflict of interest between two branches of state government.
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Commentary: If we’re serious about moving to clean energy, Maine needs Pine Tree Power
Thanks to our natural resources and our tradition of self-reliance, Maine could become a regional clean-energy powerhouse. The transition must work for everyone.
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Leonard Pitts: You don’t treat a human being like this
The starvation of a Florida inmate who was paralyzed by prison guards is a reminder that cruelty carries a price far beyond the victim.