Overturning Citizens United might be moot if candidates tried cheaper, more effective strategies.
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Commentary: Tax credits keep Maine small businesses competitive
The Maine Capital Investment Credit clearly benefits the state’s many small companies.
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Commentary: Voters need to support state Clean Elections Initiative on Nov. 3, Sen. King says
Maine should lead the way by strengthening safeguards for an accountable, transparent campaign finance system, says Maine’s independent U.S. senator.
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Kathleen Parker: Pope’s goal is not policy, but to get people to look into their souls
Both left and right have projected onto the pope an image they wish to see: a reflection of themselves.
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Commentary: As the rich get richer, everyone else in America gets resentful
In the years since the Great Recession, hostility toward inequality in the U.S. has again rebounded.
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Commentary: Time to act on sexual assault in the military, Susan Collins says
We must enact reforms now to increase the confidence of survivors and strengthen prevention efforts, the senator declares.
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Leonard Pitts: Nation should have ‘zero tolerance’ for inane policies regarding guns
Does anyone feel better knowing our schools are safe from pointing fingers and Pop Tart violence?.
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Greg Kesich: LePage wins by keeping some of the people happy all of the time
The governor doesn’t need everyone to love him, just about 40 percent of us.
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Commentary: Vladimir Putin’s push into Ukraine sends message to dissidents at home
Moscow makes its strongman point without having to use brute force against internal protesters.
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Leonard Pitts: The sorry state of gun safety in America makes us all a possible target
They call Florida the ‘gunshine state.’ But this madness extends far beyond its borders.