Question 1’s approach of capping rents for those who don’t need financial help doesn’t make sense.
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Maine Voices: As the ‘tailpipe of the nation,’ Maine deserves cleaner air
By moving to repeal the Clean Power Plan, Trump is doing the bidding of the coal industry and big polluters.
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Commentary: Expanding MaineCare will hurt some people that it claims to help
This November’s ballot initiative to expand the program comes with both financial and human costs.
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Charles Lawton: Maine’s health care sector cannot replace manufacturing losses
The nearly offsetting effect of job gains and losses is not distributed evenly across the state.
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Maine Voices: If citizens begin to model civil discourse, maybe politicians will, too
The Revive Civility project offers resources for talking to friends and family about issues that divide us.
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Maine Voices: Rural hospitals face downward spiral
These closures put Mainers’ access to emergency care, primary care, public health, long-term care and other support services at risk.
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Maine Observer: Driving in fog is clearly a Maine rite
Though it doesn’t cancel flights like it used to, it still has Mainers straddling the centerline and pulling into the wrong driveway.
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Jim Fossel: Known unknowns on Medicaid
Not knowing who will be in charge in Augusta or what Congress will do makes the expansion risky.
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Cynthia Dill: Sen. Collins confronts the elephant
A public servant dedicated to connecting directly with voters needs party support less.
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The humble Farmer: When you hear ‘Progress for Maine,’ know it means the opposite
All it means when a casino comes to town is someone far from here will make a lot of profit.