Policymakers will have to come to terms with a much more rooted population than we have had in the past.
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Commentary: There’s no reason that workers can’t be corporate owners
Employee-controlled companies could be the antidote to the less-appealing aspects of shareholder capitalism.
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Another View: Speaker Pelosi, please replace NAFTA with USMCA
Factory workers and farmers are fed up with excuses for not cementing trade relations with our northern and southern neighbors.
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Money for all: Panel to explore idea of basic income payments for Mainers
A special legislative panel that’s set to hold its first meeting Friday will consider the kind of system that other nations and states are trying to combat poverty.
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Commentary: Trump’s economy complicates Democratic candidates’ message
The states with early primaries are doing well, but the battleground states are not.
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Census report: U.S. growth will slow as population ages
The United States will add 79 million people in the next 40 years, but growth will slow down as the U.S population gets older.
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Marc A. Thiessen: Warren the front-runner? That’s great news for Republicans
The Democratic candidate’s message is that the economy isn’t working for ordinary Americans. Unfortunately for her, ordinary Americans disagree.
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Commission to consider raising Maine judges’ last-in-the-nation salaries
Judges’ relatively low pay will be the focus of study by a commission set up to review compensation for top state officers, including the governor.
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Maine incomes dropped in 2018, the biggest loss by percent in the U.S.
Economists said the figures likely reflect Maine’s aging population and the move of many workers from jobs into retirement.
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U.S. consumer confidence drops as economic uncertainties rise
It is a likely indication that growing economic uncertainties are taking a toll on American households.