Increasing the retirement age essentially singles out the very worse-off class of older adults – and makes them worse off.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Opinion: Maine’s foster care children deserve their benefits
Our foster children are missing out on opportunities to accumulate savings for their future. That’s wrong.
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Douglas Rooks: Getting a handle on the explosion of bills at the Legislature
The basic legislative rules haven’t been changed significantly in decades, and it’s questionable whether they still serve us well.
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Commentary: March Madness as we know it faces extinction
The process of getting in is where the problems start – and what has long inspired discussions about alternatives to the tournament.
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Maine Compass: More support needed to build vital, viable child care workforce
L.D. 2199 correctly recognizes that subsidy rates should be based on enrollment, not attendance.
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Scholars Strategy Network: Are you better off than you were four years ago?
This series will examine how things have changed for Mainers, and why it is almost always for the better, the authors write.
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Opinion: Is Maine doing enough to prevent and limit wildfires?
While the state’s climate picture is complex and uncertain, models predict more “fire weather” like Nova Scotia’s last year.
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Tom Waddell: Legislature should send abortion rights question to voters
If your member of the Legislature votes against letting the people of Maine decide through a referendum, they are saying they don’t want to hear the voice of their constituents, Tom Waddell writes.
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Opinion: Child care is still in crisis and needs legislative support
Our state’s infant and toddler care shortage has reached alarming levels. Are we content to leave it like this?
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Commentary: Biden’s $12 billion for women’s health should be just a start
Last week, President Joe Biden signed an executive order that will create a $12 billion fund to improve our understanding of — and ideally treatments for — women’s health. It’s a welcome, if egregiously belated investment by the US government. And although it sounds like a big amount, there’s a lot of catching up to […]