As holiday travel looms, some lawmakers want to know the reason airlines are having such a hard time ramping back up.
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Maine Voices: Participatory budgeting will give Portlanders more say over where their tax dollars go
The process sets aside a small pot of money for each district and allows that community to democratically decide how to spend it
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Our View: Contaminated Maine deer show far reach of ‘forever’ chemicals
The contamination caused by decades of spreading sludge from paper mills and wastewater plants does not stop with the farm fields it was spread on.
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Maine Voices: The time is now to make Portland’s streets safer, more vibrant for all
A recent wave of crashes resulting in serious injury or death to Portland-area cyclists and walkers points up the need for infrastructure improvements.
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Maine Senate president: Why I back Jared Golden’s demand to change the Build Back Better Act
The congressman is leading the effort to roll back the SALT giveaway to the rich as the bill heads to the U.S. Senate, Troy Jackson says.
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Leonard Pitts: His selfless act raises larger issues – why do we let people go hungry in this country?
How can we ensure that someone who needs food is fed not just today but also every day?
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Our View: Food insecurity in the military says a lot about hunger in America
Thousands of military families struggle to get enough food, for the same reasons that other families do.
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Maine Voices: Mills should stress action, not words, in committing to tribal sovereignty
The Maine governor’s latest Indigenous Peoples’ Day message highlighted incremental fixes that don’t effect systemic change.
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Our View: Corporate giant tries to kill small Maine town’s broadband plans
What we saw in Leeds last week offers a glimpse of the fights ahead on internet expansion.
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Maine Voices: Passing environment amendment would be natural ‘right to food’ follow-up
Polluted waters and contaminated soils would make meaningless our right as Mainers to grow crops and raise livestock.