I’ve co-sponsored legislation that would keep the government out of our personal health decisions, and I support President Biden’s drive to confirm pro-choice federal judges.
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Maine Observer: The long drive back from 9/11
A quick trip to Washington was disrupted when history happened.
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Maine Voices: The teachers who make a difference
Did you have a ‘Mrs. Krikorian’ – an educator who looked past your surface and saw your potential?
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Jim Fossel: Don’t let NIMBYs block progress
Around Maine, selfish local objections stand in the way of much-needed infrastructure, energy and affordable-housing proposals.
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David Flanagan: To forge clean-energy future, Maine needs hydropower, established utilities
Reducing carbon emissions will require a balance of carbon-free energy sources and more aggressive monitoring of CMP and Versant.
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The Maine Millennial: Ignorance fuels cycle of restrictions on reproductive rights
If more people knew how women’s bodies work, laws like Texas’ six-week abortion ban would be less likely to pass.
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Insight: Our country needs Congress to tax and spend
Decades of corporate growth and middle-class stagnation have put the economy on an unsustainable path.
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Commentary: Emmanuel Macron is dancing with the dictators
France accommodated military juntas elsewhere in Africa but is now embarrassed by the coup in Guinea.
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Maine Voices: Pandemic fallout could erode long-term stability of low-income renters
A survey has elicited clear and compelling insights that Maine policymakers would be wise to listen to.
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Commentary: Maybe we should change how we talk to Mayberry about the COVID vaccine
This is what isn’t working: one side pushing to get immunized while the other pushes against it.