The nurse-to-patient staffing ratio bill before the Maine Legislature will limit access to care when health care facilities are unable to comply with its mandate.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Reporting Aside: Inch by inch, row by row, a small group makes community grow
Steven Jones, who owns Fieldstone Gardens in Vassalboro, was joined this week by two of his employees at the RiverWalk at Head of Falls in Waterville to bring some color to the garden beds, and to the lives of passersby, Amy Calder writes.
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Commentary: To support our state’s children we must support their families
Dozens of organizations across Maine are trying new “whole-family” strategies with a view to improving child welfare. Results so far have been promising.
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Commentary: Exceeding federal debt limit would be bad for the US, for Maine – and for you
The only responsible choice is for Congress to temporarily lift the cap previously set on borrowing to fund our existing obligations.
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Commentary: In this season of second chances, let’s bring parole back to Maine
Among other benefits, parole would allow people to become taxpayers supporting their families, rather than living in prison at taxpayer expense.
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Douglas Rooks: Toll from Supreme Court’s abortion decision keeps rising
Justice Samuel Alito is apparently not done yet. After overruling the two-generations-old precedent established by Roe v. Wade, demolishing it in his Dobbs v. Women’s Health Organization opinion last year, Alito is undeterred by the national turmoil he’s created. Toward the end of this year’s term, he’s striving to increase it. The Dobbs decision reversed a […]
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Commentary: HIV testing should be a routine part of patient care in Maine
In many respects, the awareness, compassion and funding for those living with this disease have fallen to the wayside.
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Matthew Yglesias: Only Mitch McConnell can save the US from default
America is hurtling toward a historic and potentially cataclysmic default — and its best hope for avoiding it may be one of the least popular men in Washington: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Don’t mistake passage of a plan to raise the debt ceiling for progress. The bill, passed by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives […]
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Commentary: Maine must urgently change the rhetoric about education
At one time, our state leaders talked about enticing the ‘best and the brightest’ into education. We have since strayed dangerously far from that vision.
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Commentary: Better, safer workplaces are worth fighting for
Jessica James didn’t have to die. Last year, James was killed three months short of her 33rd birthday at FedEx’s World Hub in Memphis, Tennessee. The forklift she was driving flipped over, crushing her underneath. Her death was no unforeseeable freak accident. James was driving on a metal ramp to deliver a load of packages […]