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Op-eds

Published
June 14, 2016

Maine Voices: Support the referendum to increase Maine’s minimum wage

The proposal would raise the state's hourly minimum wage from $7.50 to $9 in 2017 and then a dollar a year until it reaches $12 in 2020.
Published
June 14, 2016

Charles Lawton: Too many growing businesses assume Maine lacks skilled workers

They need to look at the right labor market data and post-hiring information to get a more accurate picture.
Published
June 13, 2016

Maine Voices: Collins’ conscience on hold while she waffles on condemning Trump

Mainers may well tell her, 'We knew Margaret Chase Smith, and you are no Margaret Chase Smith.'
Published
June 12, 2016

Alan Caron: Trump’s real challenge starts now

He has just five weeks left to unify the Republican Party.
Published
June 12, 2016

Cynthia Dill: Rape victim’s courage lifts us all up

Her letter is both heartbreaking and inspirational.

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Published
June 12, 2016

Maine Voices: Transgender medical, health issues widely misunderstood

It is essential to educate the public and lawmakers so they will understand this complicated and serious topic.
Published
June 11, 2016

The humble Farmer: What goes around comes around on the 1926 Model T axle

How many people drive to their reunion in the same car they drove in high school?
Published
June 11, 2016

Maine Voices: Ranked-choice voting passes every test of true democracy

It allows voters to support their favorite candidate without worrying that their vote might be wasted.
Published
June 10, 2016

Charles Krauthammer: Both parties seem determined to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory

Any of a dozen Republican candidates could have taken down Hillary Clinton. Instead, they nominate Donald Trump.
Published
June 10, 2016

M.D. Harmon: Sanders should consider what’s happening in socialist Venezuela

The nation's descent into deprivation began under now-deceased strongman Hugo Chavez.