Sending out $850 rebate checks is a wise move at a time when we have the means and when energy costs and inflation are draining residents’ wallets.
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Maine Voices: Time is now for utility accountability, modernized energy grid
An amended version of L.D. 1959 sends a clear message to Maine’s power companies: Improve your performance, get fined or be replaced.
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Maine Voices: Lewiston’s proposed shelter moratorium is unacceptable
Lewiston’s mayor calls opposition to efforts to help unhoused people ‘a waste of time.’
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Maine Voices: Convergence of holy days should unite us all against anti-Muslim bigotry
As Easter, Passover and Ramadan overlap, the Shoulder-to-Shoulder Campaign can inspire us to work together on behalf of our Muslim neighbors.
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Maine Voices: Putin invokes demons to justify war against Ukraine
His rhetoric and its historical ties to mass violence stir grave concerns about what the future holds for the Ukrainian people.
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Maine Voices: Maine Generation Authority needed to meet state climate, energy goals
Support L.D. 1634 and L.D. 1350, Report C, to advocate for accelerated renewable-energy generation, local jobs and lower costs to ratepayers.
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Maine Voices: Stable housing for every Mainer is the way life should be
Bills in the Legislature will attack Maine’s housing crisis from several angles: zoning reform, building more affordable housing and funding more vouchers.
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Maine Voices: Unfair copay tactic allows health insurers to double-dip
L.D. 1783 will ensure that all Maine patients can afford their lifesaving medications.
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Maine Voices: Infrastructure bill offers a perfect opportunity to perfect transportation
Part of the answer is light rail: self-propelled cars that can operate without the need for extensive track reconstruction or other improvements.
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Maine Voices: Let’s do more to encourage girls and women in sports
The effort to recruit girls and women into athletics can’t be just a once-a-year initiative.