This winter we’re facing a triple threat of viral disease.
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Maine Voices: All Mainers need paid family and medical leave – not just some of us
When crisis strikes, we should be able to take time to care for our loved ones without risking our jobs or housing.
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Commentary: ‘Right to repair’ protects consumers’ freedom to choose
Access to vehicles’ data is good for competition. My business and many others hope the people of Maine will agree.
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Newell Augur: Maine’s bottle redemption deposit is sufficient
A recent article suggested the deposit on bottles be raised from 5 to 10 cents. The author, an Augusta resident, was upset that he had to drive to Gardiner to get his money back. He thinks increasing the deposit will keep more redemption centers open. To be sure, redemption centers don’t get any of the […]
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Tom Purcell: Halloween is for kids, isn’t it?
It’s a question worth asking in these nutty times: how old is too old to trick-or-treat? On the question-and-answer website Quora, some people ask if the age of 12 is a good time to hang up the ghost costumes. That sounds about right to me. My mother would have decked me if I’d tried to […]
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The Maine Idea: Inflation is not the problem we think it is
Since pundits seem to have collectively decided the election is about one word — “inflation” — it’s time to take a closer look. Democrats are charged with not having a plan to “fight inflation,” and it’s true; they do not. Republicans, who expect to win because of “inflation,” do not have a plan, either — […]
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Commentary: Portland ballot question on rent control unfairly crafted
Question C treats similarly situated people and essentially identical properties vastly differently.
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Maine Voices: How to vote ‘correctly’ (as in, not regretting your choice later)
Ideally, your vote reflects your beliefs, and your candidate will do what you hope and expect. It’s regrettable, then, that we often don’t know what we’re getting.
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Letters to the editor: Election endorsements
Cluchey for state rep. My wife Sally Cluchey is running for State Representative in District 52, serving Bowdoin, Bowdoinham and Richmond. After much consideration, I have decided to vote for her. When I first met Sally, she was working for the U.S. Army on a vaccine to prevent malaria. She worked in the lab every […]
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Leonard Pitts: Don’t ask me for answers we both know you don’t want
African Americans are tired of people constantly requesting ‘proof’ of racism – like it’s some UFO hoax.
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