The America the Beautiful Initiative can help build a workforce interested in safeguarding the health of our marine territories.
Maine Voices
Opinion columns submitted by the public to the Portland Press Herald.
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Maine Voices: Business, higher ed have the same problem – can they work together to solve it?
The answer for Maine lies in presenting a new education and career pathway that combines work and studies at the same time.
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Maine Voices: Get our state back to work by getting fully vaccinated
Controlling COVID and fully reopening schools and shopping and entertainment venues will take the pressure off struggling families.
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Maine Voices: There is a state-level solution to high prescription drug costs
Other states have passed laws regulating pharmacy reimbursements. Why not Maine?
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Maine Voices: Co-ops reveal the power in the concept of ‘we’
When they organize as cooperatives, people find that they can accomplish more when they work together.
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Maine Voices: Cummings led a dramatic turnaround at USM
The second choice for president turned out to be the best choice for the university community.
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Maine Voices: To lead in science, we must reform immigration
We can’t afford to wait to pass laws to attract more immigrants, including more scientists, to this country.
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Maine Voices: Land trusts are part of the fight against climate change
Undeveloped land is ‘natural infrastructure’ that prevents flooding and other impacts of increasingly common severe weather events.
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Maine Voices: Corridor campaign showed what’s missing in U.S. energy planning – dialogue
Without communication between all the affected parties, you can’t develop the public trust needed to succeed.
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Maine Voices: The two-party system builds division and dysfunction
We won’t be able to address our core problems with a system that concentrates wealth and power.