An editorial suggests that companies gain at workers’ expense – the reality is more complex.
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Maine Voices: Maine Land Trust Network helps support ‘the way life should be’
A recent report highlights the important benefits that land trusts contribute to local communities and the state.
Our View: Time for Maine to look past lobster boom years
A study predicting a long-term decline in lobster landings is a prod to consider what’s next.
Our View: Pingree right to back local broadband bill
Rep. Poliquin should also get behind a law that would let public networks fill a void.
Our View: Maine has no reason to stall new minimum-wage law
Critics of the 2016 base-pay raise are making the same specious claims they offered then.
Adam Cote: Energy moves will crush thousands of Maine jobs, hurt Maine people
Gov. LePage has done us a disservice by blocking wind and solar power opportunities.
Maine Voices: Higher education, employers must work together for bright future
Such partnerships prepare students and graduates to thrive in high-paying jobs right here in Maine.
Maine Voices: The conversation with women in the workplace is just getting started
Not sexually harassing women is the minimum standard for acceptable behavior; the bar should be a lot higher.
Commentary: Loans, not subsidies, will take wood energy uses into future, not past
An editorial that sided with Gov. Paul LePage against a biomass bond bill echoed his mistaken views.
Maine Voices: Maine will win when New England Clean Energy Connect comes online
The CMP project is a well-designed and cost-effective path to New England’s clean-energy future.