The Golden-Poliquin debate disagreement makes the issues-based tack taken by 1st District candidate Ed Thelander look pretty good.
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The Maine Millennial: Kids cannot learn until they feel secure
I’ve been lucky enough to get a glimpse into Maine’s public schools. What I see is teachers and support staff busting their buns every day for Maine’s kiddos, despite being overworked and underpaid.
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Commentary: The fathers writing abortion laws are showing no mercy for daughters
Last week CNN confirmed what the optics have long suggested: Male lawmakers, many of them fathers, are most eager to punish women for having an abortion.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Modernizing U.S. foreign farmworker system isn’t just right – it’s critical
Farmers like us need multi-season access to the same highly skilled workers. Workers need that stability, too.
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Commentary: The quest to move party politics Forward will require other parties
In America, third-party efforts tend to be viewed with suspicion. What would help their credibility? More and different efforts.
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Commentary: Older Mainers paved way for Inflation Reduction Act’s health care savings
While we’re celebrating the law’s achievements, let’s remember the invaluable activism of one group of outspoken Mainers.
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Commentary: The U.S. neglects basic human rights for children
Based on our child marriage, corporal punishment, child labor and juvenile justice records, Maine is one of 20 states recently flunked by Human Rights Watch.
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Commentary: Portland charter reforms will strengthen democracy – that’s a good thing
The measures proposed are not radical, but neither they are Band-Aids. Why the furious reaction? Let’s unpack.
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Commentary: Why I’ll be voting to raise Portland’s minimum wage to $18
I’m a server who wants to be paid a fair wage for a hard day’s work. It’s that simple.
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Maine Voices: Outdated law denies appropriate care to people with serious brain disorders
Hospital violence, in Maine as elsewhere, can be traced right back to a federal law from 1965.