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A former state senator argues that the company is more than meeting the hiring goals imposed when it received a tax break.
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January 19Intricacies of the marketplace mean that insurance will become more expensive for most small groups and many middle-class families.
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January 13Long-ago frosts brought stones to the surface when the fields were cleared for farming in New England.
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January 13Active-duty service members and their families know the price that has to be paid when conflicts escalate.
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January 13Fires in Australia and a declining lobster harvest speak to our need to take action.
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January 19Dave Bakis spent 12 years traveling through 40 countries to help kids in need. Then, just before Christmas, he took his own life.
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Unless some Republicans break ranks, this won't be a trial – it will be a cover-up.
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Big money sports don't have room for the gamesmanship of yesteryear.
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A Maine resident feels very comfortable visiting her hometown's namesake.
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These relationships are the foundation upon which we build Dr. King's 'beloved community' and work toward racial healing.
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The governor of Maine presumes she knows more than the people of Maine about what would be good for them.
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The government encouraged borrowing by teenagers that no private-sector lender would have approved.
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Sen. Susan Collins is no longer a reliable advocate for the thousands of Mainers in need of affordable, high-quality sexual and reproductive care.
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Part-time professors create courses, give lectures, spend hours grading and help students think critically – but they'd make more in fast food.
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The tougher that the U.K., Germany and France get on Tehran, the more likely the U.S. nuclear strategy will work.
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In real life – and in my kitchen – hearing loss and dueling New England accents get in the way.
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An ugly moment last week in Skowhegan shows why transgender students need gender-neutral bathrooms.
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After getting pay concessions and tax breaks, the company should be ready to fulfill its obligation to the U.S. defense manufacturing sector.
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L.D. 1933 aims to make refilling your own containers more widely accepted at grocery stores.
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Alcohol use and alcohol-related deaths are on the rise, demanding action by policymakers.
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January 16
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Steve Hill thought he'd never again see his favorite piece of cookware. Then fate took over.
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Baseless rhetoric, like the kind expressed at recent protests in Portland, overlooks the agency's contributions to national security and public safety.
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On Feb. 3, Portland's City Council will vote on a proposed 210-bed low-barrier shelter; councilors are also planning facilities for seniors and the mentally ill.
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January 15Leonard Pitts: Call 601-359-3150 – tell Mississippi no one should do 12 years for having a cellphoneDays after Willie Nash's sentence was upheld, the feds recommended that Michael Flynn get six months for lying to the FBI. Seriously?
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South Portland is the latest to take on the fight against isolation as residents age.
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