Earlier race won by ranked-choice vote, but this time a number of other factors are in play.
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Make way for pollinators
“No Mow May” is one of many steps needed to make cultivated landscapes more ecological.
A rebuttal: No, Democrats have not forgotten rural voters
Julia Brown, who ran the Senate Democrats’ campaign arm, says complaints by state Sen. Chloe Maxmin are “revisionist history.”
The Ukraine war retraumatizes many immigrants who have come to Maine
Georges Budagu Makoko says many of the people who have immigrated to Maine in the last 50 years were fleeing “devastating violence,” like that being experienced in Ukraine.
Countering the culture of convenience
There was once a time that conveniences automatically implied life improvements. Those days are long gone.
From a Maine state senator, a warning that Democrats have “forsaken’’ rural voters
Sen. Maxmin and campaign manager Canyon Woodward argue in a forthcoming book the Democratic party is condescending and ignores rural voters.
What should Maine do when energy costs soar?
In short, despite positive government efforts, structural improvements are likely to be slow, expensive and economically vulnerable to labor and supply.
Gardening our way to greater community resilience
Maine needs a concerted movement and coordinated leadership to expand the local food production essential to weather climate upheaval and supply chain disruptions.
Soil health depends on clean compost, and that requires changes
As Maine generates more food-based compost, it should reduce throwaway packaging to minimize chemical contamination.
Are you conservative, liberal or moderate?
Political labels may be too simple, misleading.
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