Concept drafts and private partisan caucuses wrongly isolate everyday citizens.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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The Maine Millennial: Reflections on the ice storm of 2024
Power outages slow the passage of time and bring out the best in Mainers.
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Opinion: Mainers are sensible enough to want gun safety measures
A culture of hunting for food is one thing; a culture of hunting one another is for the movies, not for Maine.
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Opinion: Balance state spending on mental health and the regulation of guns
Maine has been doing its part on mental health care for a while. Effective gun safety measures are the obvious next step.
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Opinion: Nurse-to-patient ratios are a necessity
Patient loads for nurses creates an untenable situation for the patient and the caregiver. Support L.D. 1639.
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Opinion: Greater access to reproductive health care is a rising tide
Funding for family planning services in our state deserves to be increased.
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Opinion: Raising the retirement age won’t help anyone
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: 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.