Judith Meyer is executive editor of the Sun Journal, Kennebec Journal, the Morning Sentinel and the Western Maine weekly newspapers of the Sun Media Group. She serves as vice president of the Maine Freedom of Information Coalition and is a member of the Right to Know Advisory Committee to the Legislature. A journalist since 1990 and former editorial page editor for the Sun Journal, she was named Maine’s Journalist of the Year in 2003. She serves on the New England Newspaper & Press Association Board of Directors and was the 2018 recipient of the Judith Vance Weld Brown Spirit of Journalism Award by the New England Society of Newspaper Editors. A fellow of the National Press Foundation and the Knight Center for Specialized Journalism, she attended George Washington University, lives in Auburn with her husband, Phil, and is an active member of the Bicycle Coalition of Maine.
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PublishedJanuary 23, 2023
Investors risk making a classic portfolio mistake
If there has been a regime shift in which stocks and bonds are more likely to move together than in opposite directions, and inflation proves hard to kill, and investments respond more to war and politics than constructive economic activity, all core portfolios are endangered.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2023
In travel chaos, flight crews also suffer and still get blamed
For decades, flight crews have been trying to bargain for better working conditions, for pay that starts when the job starts — not when the airplane doors close, for investment in staffing and infrastructure, for more-predictable schedules.
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PublishedJanuary 16, 2023
U.S. banks have millions of consumers to thank
The benefit of lending more as interest rates rise is booming revenue: JPMorgan and Wells Fargo both reported near 50% growth in net interest income for the fourth quarter over the prior year.
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PublishedJanuary 9, 2023
America’s food waste problem is a hunger solution in disguise
The twin goals of solving hunger and curbing food waste have never been more urgent nor more relevant across party lines.
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PublishedJanuary 9, 2023
Veterans’ demands can improve access for everyone
Looking back to early American veterans’ demands for access to federal services reveals how individuals who served their country have consistently advocated for themselves and their comrades. Further, when those in power listen and respond, the result can be creative solutions that not only benefit veterans but Americans more broadly.
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PublishedJanuary 9, 2023
Always racing to meetings? It’s slowing you down
When meeting excess is a symptom of other problems, simply asking people to meet less often is unlikely to work. I’ve experienced this firsthand.
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PublishedJanuary 2, 2023
What child poverty in America really looked like in 2022
Running shoes. A sketchbook. Summer camp. The lack of those basic things is what child poverty in America looked like in 2022.
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PublishedJanuary 2, 2023
2022 saw conservative gains on education issues. But they may be short-lived.
The Founding Fathers — as well as the founding mothers and their children — agreed that any truly public school could not be run by a church for religious reasons. They believed that a public school had to be something that promoted purely public purposes.
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PublishedDecember 23, 2022
Where to find food pantries in Androscoggin, Oxford and Franklin counties
ANDROSCOGGIN COUNTY Kaydenz Kitchen Food Pantry 550 Lisbon St., Lewiston; (207) 577-7942 https://www.facebook.com/kaydenzkitchen Leeds Community Church, Deacon’s Food Pantry 123 Church Hill Road, Leeds; (207) 524-7151 https://leedscommunitychurch.org/deacons-food-pantry/ St. Louis Food Pantry 80 Third St., Auburn; (207) 782-8096 High Street Congregational Church Food Pantry 106 Pleasant St., Auburn; (207) 784-1306 https://www.highstreet-ucc.org/ Leeds Food Pantry 123 Church […]
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PublishedDecember 23, 2022
How to help those who help people without homes
List of local service agencies accepting donations to help the homeless and at-risk populations in Maine.
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