Sen. Matt Pouliot’s attacks on efforts to end the gender pay gap miss the point.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Maine Compass: Solution to school shootings must come from within each institution
Bring family and school together, so parents and students are part of the same community and young people become each other’s supporters.
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Bill Nemitz: Democrats’ impeachment inquiry keeping Latin alive
Politics aside, the House proceedings provide a lesson in ancient semantics.
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Douglas Rooks: University needs more than a name change
The higher education system in Maine has been woefully underfunded.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Congress has an opportunity to lower drug costs – and there’s no time to waste
People who take insulin are among those hardest hit by spiraling expenses. A new medication pricing bill would help them.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
George Smith: Politicians should get out and meet the people
Public forums from our congressional delegation should be more common.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Maine Compass: Domestic abuse destroys lives even when it doesn’t end them
All intimate-partner violence takes a toll, and stopping it requires seeing it for what it is.
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Commentary: Collins’ bill fails to address root cause of drug shortages
She knows what the problem is: pricing and contracting practices that benefit suppliers and hospital executives at patients’ expense.
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Commentary: Maine delegation should push to protect children, families from ‘forever chemicals’
Sens. Collins and King and Rep. Golden are uniquely situated to ensure that Congress approves vital PFAS reforms.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Another View: Empower people with disabilities to make own decisions
Maine should put less effort into fixing guardianship and more into helping people live without a guardian.