But financial institutions are treating them that way, thanks to slow-moving bureaucrats in Washington.
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Maine Voices: Carbon pricing will help insure Earth against climate change
Just as President Reagan embraced a plan to heal the ozone layer, today’s leaders, including Maine Sens. Collins and King, can take action to limit excessive warming.
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Our View: Lead poisoning requires a solution as big as the problem
In Maine and nationwide, young lives are being stunted at an astounding rate, and the remediation can’t be city by city or state by state.
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The Maine Millennial: Outsider brings new approach to campaign finance
Tiffany Bond is using the prominence of her Senate campaign to direct contributions to worthy causes.
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Kathleen Parker: Democrats, show me the message on Ukraine
Would Trump at his most clueless pursue such a reckless course of action without checking the legal boundaries?
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Insight: Starving seniors – how America fails to feed its elderly
More than 5 million of them don’t have consistent access to enough food to sustain a healthy life, a number that has doubled since 2001.
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Another View: Congress hasn’t yet done what it needs to do for 9/11 rescuers
The House of Representatives has tripled the number of first responders and victims eligible for relief, and the Senate must follow suit.
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Dana Milbank: On impeachment, the worm has turned
What would Republicans allow President Elizabeth Warren to get away with?
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How Maine’s members of Congress voted last week
Among other legislation, the House passed the Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act, extending various VA programs through next September.
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Maine Voices: Let’s leverage the tools the Founders gave us to fight climate change
HR 763 – which would put a fee on carbon and return the proceeds to American households – is an idea whose time has come.