Bills passed this year have addressed issues such as equal pay, automatic voter registration, state-tribal ties, food insecurity and ending conversion therapy.
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Maine Voices: Stock ownership plans offer appeal in motivating, retaining employees
ESOPs recognize the increased value of employee experience and jointly address perceived inequities.
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Our View: Invest in people and build Maine’s economy
The state’s new economic development plan rightly focuses on building the workforce.
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Another View: Work requirement won’t increase hunger
History doesn’t support hyperbolic criticism of new food stamp rules.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Bloomberg’s late entry a troubling development
Super-rich candidates who can run self-funded national campaigns will make it even harder for ordinary people to run for president.
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The Maine Millennial: Should you smoke weed? Ask your mother
A goody two-shoes explores self-medication with a formerly illegal substance.
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Insight: What we learned from the Afghanistan papers
Experts discuss what was uncovered in an investigative journalism project by The Washington Post.
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Maine Observer: After a long career, it’s hard to let go of an identity
Teachers help students find themselves. But it works the other way, too.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-eds, Opinion
The View From Here: Trump will get away with it – again
Republicans are committed to making sure their president faces no consequences.
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Maine Voices: Spend juvenile-justice money on Maine’s youth, not prisons
Young people who have been in Long Creek urge the state to invest in things like housing, education and after-school programs.