Concern about sending the wrong message to substance users helps spread infectious diseases.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Sen. Chloe Maxmin: Don’t let pole disputes get in way of high-speed internet
Congress can remove bureaucratic barriers that cause delays and work to increase transparency through consistent timelines for permits and access to poles.
Commentary: Maine case highlights need for police transparency
As a recent survey of more than 100 local law enforcement agencies suggests, there’s a blue wall of silence.
Maine Voices: A call to prevent nuclear war
Putin has put Russia’s nuclear forces on high alert. He may be just posturing, but no one benefits from the specter of a return to the Cold War.
Ramesh Ponnuru: Biden’s State of the Union was a repeat performance
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Douglas Rooks: Solidarity with Ukraine only the beginning
In his State of the Union address, President Biden suggested solidarity is needed here at home, too.
Maine Voices: On 61st anniversary, Peace Corps preparing to meet the moment
HR 1456 will make reforms to many Peace Corps programs and advance ideas for incorporating racial justice and equity in agency activities.
Maine Compass: Maine prisons, jails should not use isolated segregation
People emerge from segregation far more damaged — angrier, more defiant, impulsive, violent, and suicidal, and less able to cope — than when they went in.
Maine Voices: Putin uses Big Lie to shape popular narrative on Ukraine
A former KGB officer, the Russian president has resurrected Lenin’s and Stalin’s approach as a policy tool. Here are six examples.
Maine Compass: What a statewide housing crisis looks like up close
Too many Maine residents and officials think that homelessness and the individuals experiencing it can be pushed to the next town over.