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Maine Women’s Fund awardees are building a new world
Change-makers in our midst
On the surface, they have little in common: An unassuming entrepreneur in her late 50s, an accomplished 38-year-old photojournalist, and a trio of energetic teenagers. But these women do exhibit several shared traits. They are plucky and passionate, clever and unpretentious. They are Mainers. And all five will be honored next Thursday, May 23, at the Maine Women's Fund's annual Leadership Luncheon, which honors those who are making life better for women and girls in this state and beyond.
By:
DEIRDRE FULTON
| May 16, 2013
Watch your backs, useless people
Poll numbers
Poll numbers
By:
JEFF INGLIS
| May 16, 2013
Immigration by the numbers
One Cent's Worth
After many false starts, a convergence of public sentiment and political will has sped the country to the brink of comprehensive immigration reform. In purely economic terms, it's a no-brainer — one of those rare instances where a moral imperative neatly aligns with our national self-interest.
By:
MARC MEWSHAW
| May 16, 2013
Change for the better
Politics + other mistakes
The trouble with tax reform is that almost everybody not named Warren Buffett believes it should result in their personal tax bill going down.
By:
AL DIAMON
| May 16, 2013
Union comments
Letters
The State Theatre and a CWA member respond to recent coverage of unions.
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LETTERS TO THE PORTLAND EDITOR
| May 16, 2013
Union battles continue
Organized labor
An update on the state employees' union's dispute with the governor, plus union organizers' plans for medical-marijuana workers.
By:
DEIRDRE FULTON
| May 16, 2013
Laptop program change sets schools back 10 years
Learning works
The webinar started with a five-minute effort to ensure the screen-and-audio sharing technology was actually working, punctuated by uncertainty about which representatives of which companies would be making remarks. Not an auspicious start.
By:
JEFF INGLIS
| May 09, 2013
Maine’s environmental movement reinvents itself for a new era of challenges
Blooming Activists
Maine's cherished environment may be threatened as never before by the gargantuan forces of economic globalization. In reaction, the state's environmental movement is coalescing into a force stronger than ever. There are new players in the game — including Occupy — augmenting the old guard
By:
LANCE TAPLEY
| May 10, 2013
I don't know where I stand
Politics + other mistakes
When it comes to sex, there's something ambivalent about Michael Michaud. No, not that. I mean Michaud's position on abortion.
By:
AL DIAMON
| May 09, 2013
Let it grow
Going green
In addition to its ecological value, the abundant marine resource is also worth money — millions of pounds of rockweed are harvested every year.
By:
DEIRDRE FULTON
| May 09, 2013
Legislature wades through hundreds of proposals
From silly to serious
Want to know what your elected officials are mulling over? Here is a subjective selection of bills that piqued our interest.
By:
DEIRDRE FULTON
| May 09, 2013
Laborers may have a bright future
Unions in Maine
Even as the organized-labor movement continues to falter on the national level, union leaders here in Maine are optimistic about a potential resurgence — or if not that, at least a stanching of the bleeding and an opportunity to prove that pro-union policies are best for local workers and communities.
By:
DEIRDRE FULTON
| May 03, 2013
No choice
Letter
Kudos to the Penobscot County Commissioners for hosting an informational public forum concerning the proposed East West Utility Corridor.
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LETTERS TO THE PORTLAND EDITOR
| May 03, 2013
The price you pay(1)
Politics + other mistakes
Politics + other mistakes
By:
AL DIAMON
| May 03, 2013
Can I get a witness?
Press Releases
Remember when public appearances by elected officials were things daily-newspaper reporters went to? Times have changed.
By:
JEFF INGLIS
| May 03, 2013
When silence speaks volumes
Words off the Page
On her deathbed, Terry Tempest Williams's mother left her daughter three shelves of cloth-bound journals. When Williams opened them, hoping to find solace as well as perhaps some insight into her mother's soul, all she found was blank pages.
By:
DEIRDRE FULTON
| May 03, 2013
Dancing? You'll need a license
Papers, Please
Papers, Please
By:
SAM PFEIFLE
| April 24, 2013
Addicted to bad ideas(1)
Politics + Other Mistakes
Due process isn't pretty. Or convenient. Or even fair. All those rules that are supposed to assure both employers and employees they'll be getting an unbiased hearing can easily result in businesses losing some they probably should have won.
By:
AL DIAMON
| April 24, 2013
Never Saw 'Em Coming
Diverse City
Wasn't it so uncomfortable when we found out two white men set off bombs at the Boston Marathon last week, and people started looking suspiciously at white guys? Oh, wait . . . they didn't.
By:
SHAY STEWART-BOULEY
| April 24, 2013
Should companies be able to patent human genes?
Body Politics
Body Politics
By:
DEIRDRE FULTON
| April 24, 2013
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BLOGS
LePage: Big company didn't ask about Maine taxes #mepolitics
About Town
| May 09, 2013 at 9:59 AM
LePage uses Obamacare to achieve his own political goal #mepolitics
May 08, 2013 at 10:12 AM
Portland, Maine tar sands resolution heads to full city council
May 02, 2013 at 4:15 PM
How Maine ranks on solar
April 19, 2013 at 9:02 AM
Now is the time to talk about liberty
April 18, 2013 at 12:04 PM
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