Youth prisons neither keep communities any safer nor help young people, so we must get these kids home with the care and support they need.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Commentary: Grief for our unhoused neighbors will fuel my fight to end homelessness
The winter solstice vigil in Portland is a time to mourn – and to reaffirm a commitment to ensuring that all who need a home find one.
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Maine Compass: Texas, Maine illustrate wide disparity in voting rights
Two college roommates went separate ways, and now live under different rules of democracy.
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Commentary: One way to tackle America’s youth mental health challenge – change billing
Targeting the structural roots of our workforce deficit will help ensure that our young people are cared for and short-circuit crises.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Proper worker classification is a vital foundation of Maine’s economy
Misclassification deprives employees of needed protections, puts other employers at a disadvantage and affects taxpayers as well.
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Community Compass: Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter & Services working hard to help most vulnerable
It came as surprise to read on Friday morning that there is no emergency overnight shelter in Waterville given the almost 100 people we had in shelter Thursday night, and have had every night, since our founding in 1990. Suggestions to the contrary ill serve the community. Mid-Maine Homeless Shelter & Services provides emergency overnight […]
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Maine Voices: SALT deduction helps the wealthy but does almost nothing for working Mainers
If an expanded state and local deduction for federal taxes is a casualty of the stalled Build Back Better bill, it won’t be a loss for most Mainers.
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Maine Voices: Land trusts’ practices raise unanswered questions
Fire hazard, municipal oversight and the impact on landowners who are not tax-exempt are among the issues that need to be explored.
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Maine Voices: Aquaculture project does not belong in Downeast Maine
The proposed salmon farm uses in-water pens that have been banned elsewhere.
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Maine Voices: Public power would be a bad deal for Maine
A public takeover of the state’s electric transmission and distribution system is riskier than its backers claim.