Our View: Maine should lower the high cost of cash bail
Holding people in jail before trial is hurting both taxpayers and incarcerated individuals.
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Sen. Woodsome: Public control isn’t the answer to concerns about Maine’s power utilities
A state takeover of CMP and Emera Maine risks higher debt, higher property taxes and disinvestment in the electric grid.
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Maine Voices: State mandate will benefit vaccine makers, not Maine families
Schoolchildren could be expelled if parents refuse immunizations, while health care professionals could lose their jobs.
Letters to the Editor
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It's largely people from away who are coordinating an effort 'to fake a town hall meeting in Portland' and then act like the senator has snubbed them.
More in Opinion
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A president who howls about law and order grants clemency to former NYPD Police Commissioner Bernie Kerik and former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
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The federal 'gag rule' will deny birth control to low-income residents if the Legislature doesn't act.
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A program for Maine high schools allows students and teachers to engage with complex ideas and have their beliefs challenged.
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February 20
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February 20
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The idea that America can somehow disengage from the rest of the planet has never seemed more ludicrous.
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Now that the community is finally getting the acclaim that it deserves, let's make sure that artists can afford to stay here.
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Lawmakers should address a property-tax loophole that favors big-box retailers.
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February 19Commentary: Regional climate collaboration is a critical policy debate – not just political divisionThe Transportation and Climate Initiative will raise gasoline costs, unfairly burdening rural Mainers and the working poor.
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February 18Well-run lockdown drills foster familiarity and confidence, and should not trigger anxiety among participants.
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February 18The anniversary of a school massacre highlights how much work is still left undone.
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February 18Our older population deserves our respect, and so do the hardworking Mainers who care for them.
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February 18Once again we are mired in conflict between competing visions of what kind of country we are going to be.
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The power of the highest office in the land has always captured our imagination.
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When a collision is inevitable, should a vehicle privilege the safety of its occupants or the people outside?
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The state should make sure that the licensing process is open, and the public has a right to know.
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When Mainers go to the polls March 3, public health will be on the ballot.
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The Democrats' supplemental budget won't need Republican support, and it shouldn't get any.
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The northern Scots called it 'blinter,' which describes the 'cold dazzle' of the night sky in the darkest time of year.
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A Nevada union's self-interested campaign puts it on the side of an unworkable status quo.
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Let's meet Mainer to Mainer and discuss how to move ahead on state firearm restrictions that would reduce the danger to our kids.
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Pellet boilers are a home-grown alternative to expensive electric-powered heat pumps.
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The Democratic front-runner is winning, but somehow he’s never the triumphant story.
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Only in Hollywood could you find a parking place in downtown Camden or shacks in the Anderson hayfield on the St. George peninsula.
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Discrimination persists, despite the Fifth and 14th amendments. But many Republicans in Congress don't seem to care.
Maine Voices Columns
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