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Gordon L. Weil: Xi, Putin love fest challenges free democracies

The summit between China’s Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin amounts to a love fest between a power thirsty Communist and failed empire builder. Xi has taken total control of his country, crushed self-rule in Hong Kong and resorts to obvious lies to justify his aggressive intent. Putin faces an arrest warrant for kidnapping children, […]

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The Maine Idea: Invitation to the tribal dance

Politics, when accomplished effectively, resembles a dance where disparate partners create harmony – or at least something more tuneful than what came before. By that standard, some of Gov. Janet Mills’s Democratic colleagues are more adept at the delicate steps required to match the rising aspirations of Maine’s Indian tribes. Admittedly, it’s not easy. Long […]

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Harpswell state rep. introduces bill to support weatherizing manufactured homes

Rep. Cheryl Golek, D-Harpswell, presented L.D. 815, “An Act to Provide Energy Efficiency Program Outreach and Assistance to Manufactured Housing Residents,” before the Legislature’s Labor and Housing Committee on Tuesday. The bill would require Efficiency Maine and the Maine State Housing Authority to develop an education program and conduct outreach to residents of manufactured housing […]