Financially strapped students can no longer get coverage through the University of Maine, leaving many in the lurch.
Maine Voices
Opinion columns submitted by the public to the Portland Press Herald.
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Maine Voices: We must invest in New England dairy for our collective future
Let’s leverage regional dairy manufacturing to process and sell more local milk; enable public institutions to choose organic and local dairy, and stabilize transportation supply chain problems.
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Maine Voices: Martin Luther King helped give me courage to shape my own future
By urging me and other young Lutherans to act when faced with wrongdoing, he offered a transformational message.
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Maine Voices: Lobstermen want to follow science to protect environment, iconic industry
Don’t be fooled by a recent series: People in Maine’s fishing industry are pleading for rational policies, not denying them.
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Maine Voices: USM center will build on historian’s legacy by strengthening labor education
L.D. 1816 would create the Dr. Charles A. Scontras Labor Center in honor of a man who grew up in Old Orchard and began his working life in a shoe shop.
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Maine Voices: Without state ERA, women face unfair barriers to equality
The U.S. Constitution’s silence on the fundamental legal rights of women makes it critical that these rights are spelled out clearly in the Maine Constitution.
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Maine Voices: Fighter jet design change could hurt Maine workers
Engines for the F-35 fighter have proven to be the best in the air, and essential to the national defense.
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Maine Voices: Sentence in domestic violence killing bodes poorly for women’s safety
The punishment handed down Dec. 28 in a Newport woman’s death – and the media coverage – minimize the abuse and turn it on the victim.
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Maine Voices: Let’s resolve to make high-speed internet universal in Maine
In a world where online accessibility is more important than ever, we can’t afford to leave anyone behind.
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Maine Voices: When it comes to COVID safety, Italy is in another world
Visitors from Maine find that another nation has coped better with the pandemic than our own, largely by virtue of people simply cooperating.