Using the sun’s energy would be good for people and businesses, including investor-owned utilities.
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Maine Voices: Lawmakers should allow Maine Aqua Ventus to move forward
Most residents consider the Maine Aqua Ventus offshore wind test project an ideal fit for Monhegan Island.
Maine Voices: A drug-treatment success story
The author is now drug-free and has custody of her two kids, but her story could have turned out differently.
Commitment of substance-abuse healers merits more than a salute
Many of these men and women are wounded themselves by emotional and chemical shrapnel.
Maine DHHS is failing the children it is supposed to protect
Problems at Long Creek started with failures at the Department of Health and Human Services.
Maine’s low health ranking is a call for action, not further backing off
The decision not to expand health coverage leaves over 30,000 citizens without insurance..
Maine Voices: Trump plan to gut civil legal aid would have devastating impact on Mainers
Low-income families, elders and veterans all benefit from the federal Legal Services Corp.
Maine Voices: Abandoning the arts and humanities would be a giant step backward
Only about $300 million goes to these endowments out of $1.1 trillion in annual federal discretionary spending.
Maine Voices: Truly great countries like ours also need to be good world citizens
Maine’s congressional delegation should oppose drastic cuts in foreign aid and global health.
Maine Voices: A voice for the common man
Columnist Jimmy Breslin saw stories where others did not, and wrote them in a way that readers will never forget.