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Douglas Rooks

(He/Him)
  • Owner, Evergreen Communications
Augusta, Maine, New Hampshire
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Covers:  Politics, environment, Maine news, history, public interest, tax policy, education.

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Douglas Rooks is a Maine journalist, author, and political history buff. He has edited daily and weekly newspapers in Maine and New Hampshire and written a weekly opinion column for over 45 years, winning state, regional, and national awards. Now a freelance writer and editor, the Colby alumnus covers Maine state government with a focus on environmental issues, public education, municipal affairs, business, and tax policy. He lives in the state capital of Augusta, Maine, with his wife.

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NEW IN THE PRESS HERALD: Senator Collins Failed to Save Maine’s Rural Hospitals

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By Douglas Rooks
| mainedems.org
Augusta, ME – This week in an Op-Ed in the Portland Press Herald, Susan Collins was called out for failing to save Maine’s rural hospitals. Collins was a “key” “pivotal vote” to advance Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill, which included billions of dollars in Medicaid cuts that is leading to hospital unit closures across Maine, most recently the birthing unit at Lincoln Hospital’s Miles Campus in Damariscotta.
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Why Maine keeps losing maternity care: Rooks

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By Douglas Rooks
| Seacoast Online Verified
Probably not one in a thousand Mainers could identify the CEO of MaineHealth, which has more than 22,000 employees and as a Forbes magazine profile puts it, “is the largest health system in northern New England” providing care for “1.1 million residents in Maine and New Hampshire.” It owns nine hospitals – ten starting in October, when it takes over York Hospital, a rare independent holdout.
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Congress found common ground on housing. What's next? Rooks

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By Douglas Rooks
| Seacoast Online Verified
As the 119th Congress staggers toward conclusion, marked by seemingly endless partisan conflict, one major, amazingly bipartisan bill was enacted. The new federal housing law significantly restricts private equity in the real estate market while offering enhanced subsidies and new programs to help working families trying to buy their first homes.
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