MMC nurses are right to protest, as emergency rooms have become a place of last resort for people who have a diagnosis but can’t access appropriate treatment options.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Tom Waddell: Extreme religious movement advances in the U.S.
Christian nationalism has been pushed openly for decades, and it had a hand in the Jan. 6 insurrection.
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Commentary: Conservatives need to step up, present a paid leave plan of their own
A middle ground exists between the broken status quo and the expensive and unwieldy proposal that was part of Build Back Better.
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Maine Voices: Bill could help college students graduate, ease Maine’s worker shortage
By reining in the withholding of transcripts over unpaid bills, L.D. 1838 will let Mainers get their degrees and jobs.
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Douglas Rooks: Opportunity knocks for Maine’s community colleges
Gov. Janet Mills’ plan for free tuition, at a cost to the state of $20 million, is a bargain.
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Maine Voices: Maine’s domestic violence agencies offer resources to people in need
Advocates are among the frontline workers during the pandemic, and their services can be accessed anywhere in the state through a toll-free hotline.
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Maine Voices: For one hospital, its food pantry means so much more
Farmington’s MaineHealth Food Pantry at Franklin addresses the needs of patients and employees and hopes to offer lessons about healthy cooking.
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Scholars Strategy Network: Homelessness and housing in rural Maine
Easy, one-size-fits-all answers will likely not work because rural areas face diverse challenges.
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Maine Voices: Now is not the time to stop masking in school
With hospitals seeing more pediatric COVID patients than ever, masks are the easiest way to keep kids in the classroom and support their mental health.
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Bill Nemitz: It’s time to go big again, urge ‘The Descendants’ of the New Deal
Offspring of FDR and his Cabinet, including Frances Perkins’ only grandson, pick up the torch for a new social and economic transformation.