Not enough people know about the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act, which lets taxpayers exclude canceled mortgage debt from their taxable income.
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Letter to the editor: Speed the transition to renewables now
Moving away from fossil fuels will destabilize dictators like Vladimir Putin as well as benefiting our health, our finances and our climate.
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Letter to the editor: Disappointed by Press Herald’s absence from April 13 youth climate rally
Is the Press Herald’s opinion of our youth so little that it’s not worth one sentence in the paper when more than 100 students of Maine showed up on the Maine Capitol steps April 13 to speak about the beauty of our world through dance, poetry and strong knowledge of what is happening to our […]
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Letter to the editor: Maine must model civility in response to COVID asylum limits’ end
Earlier this month, the Biden administration announced the rescindment of Title 42, effective May 23. Established in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, it gave immigration authorities the power to turn away migrants and asylum seekers at the U.S. border because of the public health crisis. However, some Republican governors are less than pleased. On April […]
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Letter to the editor: Vacant Portland properties could be turned into multiunit housing
I read with keen interest state Rep. Amy Arata’s and Maine House Speaker Ryan Fecteau’s commentary on the housing crisis throughout Maine (April 14). The construction of two- to four-family units statewide seems like the obvious solution. While walking the dog, I’ve become aware of numerous vacant properties in Portland on large lots that could […]
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Letter to the Editor: Forced military pledge wrong for refugees
Every day we are witnessing on the news the horrors of war. Yet despite that, we continue to find war an acceptable way of expressing American values. I do not understand how we can continue to believe that such action can ever lead to world peace. Worse yet, when refugees coming to this country, fleeing […]
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Letter to the Editor: Dr. King warned of excess defense spending
April 4, marked the 54th anniversary of the day when Martin Luther King was assassinated. Two generations ago, he warned that a nation which spends more on armament than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death. President Biden’s proposed $813 billion military budget shows how completely our government has ignored that warning. This […]
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Letter to the Editor: LePage policies would raise sales and property tax
Former Gov. Paul LePage, who is looking to serve another term, wants to eliminate the Maine State personal income tax, the fairest form of taxation. His reason is that local control keeps government spending down. As governor, he changed the Maine State personal income tax code, and in doing so, reduced income tax allocations to […]
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Letter to the Editor: We can trust CMP and Versant to manage the electric grid
Recently (Our View, April 10), the Maine Sunday Telegram’s editorial board endorsed a proposal in the Legislature that would add a new layer of bureaucracy to the way our electric grid is managed, maintained and improved. The editors got one thing right: We must move quickly to address climate change and electrify our economy – […]
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Letter to the editor: Admirable Perspective Project lacks diversity of views
As described in a recent Bill Nemitz column, a student-led civic engagement initiative at Waynflete School could benefit from including guests and topics of interest to conservatives.