A bill before the Maine Legislature would force dental insurers to put at least 80 percent of patient premiums toward actual care.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Maine Compass: Eliminate police intelligence unit, fund recovery centers
Maine should invest in community rather than failed policing programs, writes the director of the Maine Drug Policy Lab at Colby College.
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Jay Ambrose: No All-Star Game in Georgia. China maybe?
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Maine Voices: To beat COVID, Mainers need to get their shots
Without broad immunity, we won’t be able to enjoy relaxed social contact this summer.
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Maine Voices: An epidemic of suffering will outlast COVID
We could end hunger and poverty in this country. But up to now, we have chosen not to.
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Sen. Brad Farrin: Democrats bully through budget without Republican input
A compromise could have been reached; instead, the majority party decided themselves how billions would be spent.
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Scholars Strategy Network: Better systems necessary to build workforce, fight poverty
Services and supports needed to escape poverty are scattered across multiple agencies and locations. While there are standing agreements among agencies for cooperation, these intentions too often fail to materialize.
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Maine Voices: COVID’s long-term impact on higher ed
Colleges and universities may become less cloistered institutions and, possibly, less expensive.
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Maine Voices: I’ve spent my working life fighting other people’s racism. Now I must confront mine.
An educator and former prosecutor is now doing the necessary work of challenging his own false stereotypes about Black people.