Can we continue to ask them to wear so many hats, for pay that will not allow them to pursue education as a long-term career, with minimal support?
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Another View: There’s a lot to love about Maine winters
It is 6:15 a.m. The thermometer outside my kitchen window registers -7 degrees. I feel concern wondering whether my car would start. A quiet reassurance tells me, “It always does.” I am taking my friend to the airport this morning for his annual visit south. The phone rings; it is my friend. “Are you ready? […]
Maine Compass: Republicans are trying to strike down democracy
President Biden should use his State of the Union address to speak directly to Americans about the dangerous GOP effort to take power.
Maine Voices: Legislature should ban solitary confinement in Maine’s jails, prisons
L.D. 696 will put an end to a practice that has no rehabilitative purpose and that harms people who are incarcerated.
Commentary: Put an end to wrongful evictions of older Americans
My mom’s experience shows that state and federal laws requiring 30 days’ notice of nursing home discharges have been allowed to atrophy into irrelevance.
Maine Compass: Support grows for the Pine Tree Amendment
With the Pine Tree Amendment in place, new businesses and developments will take the environment into consideration as they expand and locate here.
Commentary: Quality time with children – a pandemic trend that should stick around
Parents don’t have to take their kids out and spend money on them to give them undivided attention, a recently released survey shows.
Maine Voices: People of faith urge legislators, Gov. Mills to support tribal sovereignty
L.D. 1626 is a necessary part of seeking reconciliation with the people of the Dawnland.
Commentary: In mission to end intimate partner violence, VA is here to help
We are committed to giving veterans the support to foster healthy relationships, and we’re working to improve services to veterans who’ve experienced domestic abuse.
Commentary: OSHA has long failed to protect some of our most vulnerable workers
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