My first legislative session featured several impressive examples of cross-party collaboration. Why wasn’t more made of them?
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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Mayors: Hate has no place in Augusta, Hallowell
Recently, the cities of Augusta and Hallowell were subjected to hateful incidents that shook our communities to their core. In each city, racist, anti-Semitic, anti-LGBTQ+, and xenophobic language and tropes were spewed in public settings. In Augusta, an August rally by neo-Nazis and white supremacists included masked protestors giving Nazi salutes to passers-by; this followed […]
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Commentary: State advisory group reached no consensus on Maine offshore wind port site
Building the port on scenic Sears Island will incur environmental damages, and mitigating them was not included when MDOT drew up construction estimates versus Mack Point.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Remember the inestimable power of a good and caring teacher
From a portable classroom on the grounds of Sanford High School, Bill Ferguson – Ferg or Fergie, to his students – showed me the light.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Douglas Rooks: Indigent defense needs help right now
Over the past four years, Maine’s system for representing indigent defendants in criminal cases has been in crisis. But since the pandemic, and its aftermath, it’s really become two crises. Unfortunately, the agency in charge — the Maine Commission on Indigent Legal Services (MCILS) — is only working on the system’s long-term problems, almost completely […]
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Rep. Bill Bridgeo: Proposed mine in Katahdin region would harm cherished trout, salmon fisheries
I am writing to express my strong opposition to Wolfden Resources’ proposed mine near Picket Mountain in the Katahdin region. For decades, I and many others have enjoyed the freshwater fishery of Pleasant Lake, its flowage into Mud Lake, which is the headwater of the west branch of the Mattawamkeag River, downstream to Duck Pond […]
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Commentary: As elected city officials, we’re taking a united stand against hate in Maine
Condemnation is only the first step. It is time we take proactive measures to curtail such incidents in the future.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Attacks on public meetings, elected officials should be met with unified front
The incidents are not pranks; they are meant to shock, disrupt and intimidate.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Prostate cancer is ‘the good cancer’ – or is it?
More American men are being diagnosed at advanced stages, when it’s more deadly. But it doesn’t have to be that way – step up, inform yourself and talk to your health care provider.
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Maine Compass: For the health of Mainers, we can’t afford to delay stronger clean car and truck standards
Maine has a great opportunity to improve our state’s health and economy by adopting stronger standards for clean cars and trucks that will ensure automakers are delivering new zero emission vehicles for Mainers to buy. By giving more people the freedom to choose zero emission vehicles, we are investing in Maine people, ensuring those already […]