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PublishedMay 28, 2022
Maine Voices: Laws reducing the number of guns in our communities work – if we pass them
We don’t hear about the massacres that were prevented because Connecticut passed strict laws after Newtown. Here’s one example.
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PublishedMay 28, 2022
Commentary: New UMaine System board chair invites faculty engagement
While we might disagree about particular decisions, we all share the same goals of providing our students with an affordable, world-class education.
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PublishedMay 28, 2022
Commentary: Governments should stop trying to make gasoline cheaper
Fuel prices will keep rising unless demand comes down. Policymakers are prolonging the pain by pushing people toward the pump.
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PublishedMay 27, 2022
Sen. Pouliot: Tax policy is truly in the eye of the beholder
Who qualifies for Maine’s $850 rebate reflects the Republican belief that if the government is fully funded, any excess revenues should be returned to those who contributed it.
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PublishedMay 27, 2022
Commentary: Transparency lacking in coverage of F3 Defense controversy
The Maine entrepreneurship nonprofit that trained F3 was denied the chance to offer an informed response to reports that racial animus motivated F3’s founder.
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PublishedMay 27, 2022
Maine Voices: Five minutes that shook a nation – and changed too little about it
Despite our differences, each community that has suffered a tragedy like Newtown asks ourselves how many more times we must bear such horror.
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PublishedMay 26, 2022
Maine Voices: Mental illness is one key factor in mass shootings. And we should address it now.
In our schools, among law enforcement and in our jails, we must invest in identifying and treating behavioral health issues – before the next tragedy.
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PublishedMay 26, 2022
Commentary: Americans welcome Ukrainians, but America doesn’t
The U.S. urgently needs a better system to provide refuge to people fleeing violence and repression.
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PublishedMay 25, 2022
Leonard Pitts: Louisiana senator made Black women an asterisk in maternal mortality report
If a third of the state is Black, and their rates of dying in childbirth are soaring, then they can’t also be part of a ‘we’ who are doing OK.
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PublishedMay 25, 2022
Maine Voices: Portland ‘school budget autonomy’ proposal presents risk of fiscal chaos
The charter commission should inform city voters of the real-world legal implications of a move to eliminate City Council approval of the school budget.
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