The campaign is rallying support for the bipartisan House Asylum Seeker Work Authorization Act, which would reduce wait times for work permits from at least 180 days to just 30 days.
2023
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Maine needs Resource Parents. What do they do?
Being a resource parent isn’t just helping a child, but their whole family, while always maintaining the priority of the child’s well-being.
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Maine Voices: American Jews must oppose atrocities carried out in our name
Entrenched systems of violence and oppression only breed oppression.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Portland can benefit from Linnell’s strong track record
Violence and assaults are taking place in Portland’s homeless encampments and Portland’s Health and Human Services and Public Safety Committee seems to have gone silent. Councilor April Fournier is the chair of this committee and is seeking reelection this November as city councilor at-large. Bill Linnell, who is running against Fournier, has almost two decades […]
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Candidates for Portland City Council District 5 seat look to housing as top issue
Matthew Buonopane, a commercial lender, and Kate Sykes, who recently co-chaired the Maine Democratic Socialists of America’s electoral committee, are vying to fill the seat currently held by Mark Dion, who is running for mayor.
Posted inAmerican Journal
Buxton Notes: Oct. 19
Callaghan guest speaker at democratic committee meeting Former TV journalist Pat Callaghan next week will “share stories, the insights of a seasoned reporter and a behind-the-scenes look at television news” at a meeting of the Hollis-Buxton Democratic Committee. ”During his career, he covered seven Maine governors, interviewed four sitting U.S. presidents and traveled to Northern […]
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Commentary: Sports are part of the college curriculum, too
The life of the body and the life of the mind should not seem so distinct.
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Letter to the editor: A jingle in support of Pine Tree Power
In the long but somewhat faded tradition of campaign songs (think “Charlie on the MTA”), I’ve written a jingle in support of Question 3 on the November ballot. To be sung to the tune of an old Robert Hall radio ad (if anyone remembers that one): When the prices go up up up, And the […]
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Letter to the editor: Hamas, Isis and al-Qaeda: They’re all the same
Hamas does not accept the existence of a Jewish state in any form between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea.
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Letters to the Editor
A tale of two towns To the editor, A large citizens group in Wells continues to challenge the town over its failure to help in improving beach access for the public at Moody Beach. The Bell ‘89 Law awarded intertidal beach ownership to adjacent private property owners in the state of Maine. This became the […]