Nobody with diabetes should have to ration vials of insulin. A new package would hold drugmakers accountable and make medications more affordable.
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Maine Voices: Portland won’t thrive if it can’t balance progress and preservation
One of the biggest challenges we face is how to preserve the integrity of our historic districts while we continue to grow and diversify.
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Maine Voices: Retirement system should divest fossil fuel stocks
These investments are bad for the environment, bad for retirees and bad for the state.
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Maine Voices: Film-media community has room to become a far bigger part of Maine’s economy
State agencies, private businesses and cultural institutions – not to mention Stephen King – should seize the chance to invest in and work with Maine media makers.
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Jim Fossel: Maine should limit all PAC contributions
A cap and tax on business, nonprofit and union contributions would do more than a corporate donation ban to reduce the influence of big money in politics.
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The Maine Millennial: Working while ailing is a pre-COVID relic
New paid sick leave policies should survive the coronavirus pandemic.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-eds, Opinion
The View From Here: Living in a one-click world
Amazon makes it easy to shop, but it causes a lot of hardship on the other side of the screen.
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Maine Observer: A conspiracy of hope
Birdsong is back. And so are hugs, vaccines and reasons to look forward to better times.
Posted inBill Nemitz, Maine, News, Op-eds, Opinion
Basking in barbecue, bear hugs and the freedom of the open road
A post-vaccination trip from Maine to Virginia opens a window on life after the pandemic.
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Commentary: How to live your First Amendment freedoms
Many Americans can’t name the five freedoms this amendment guarantees: the freedoms of religion, speech, press, peaceful assembly and government petition.