A bill passed by the Legislature would provide a shot at relief to employees who’ve been boxed in by their employers.
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Maine Voices: Landmark new Maine law more fairly allocates products’ real costs
Gov. Mills should sign L.D. 1541, so towns and cities won’t have to keep picking up the tab for product disposal and recycling.
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Our View: Gov. Mills should sign child care bill
A successful program in Somerset County should be given a chance to work in other communities.
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Leonard Pitts: The suddenness appalled – now condo collapse is a slow-motion tragedy
The abrupt loss of so many lives and homes in Florida steals peace of mind, the illusion of things in order, events under control.
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Our View: All Maine health care workers should be vaccinated against COVID
Low vaccination rates at some hospitals and nursing homes are putting lives in danger.
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Commentary: The rickety politics of the federal infrastructure bill
If the bipartisan deal fails, it won’t be because the Senate is dysfunctional. It will be because the Democratic Party is.
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Maine Voices: Proliferation of rules, increase in costs pushing many out of South Portland
Our city used to be a working-class place with a ‘live and let live’ attitude. Not anymore, a longtime resident says.
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Another View: Supreme Court undercuts farm labor organizers
This ruling doesn’t end labor rights in the fields. It just makes it harder for mostly nonwhite, non-English-speaking workers to exercise those rights.
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Commentary: Trump’s longtime accountant confronts a loyalty test
Now that he’s indicted on tax-fraud charges, will Allen Weisselberg treat his boss as he can expect to be treated in return?
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Maine Voices: Denying Communion to pro-choice Catholic politicians will do more harm than good
The U.S. Conference of Bishops’ decision relegates charity to a subordinate position, hasn’t worked to keep the flock and won’t reduce the number of abortions.