Those who oversee the health and wellbeing of adults behind bars are clearly ill equipped for that responsibility.
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Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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Douglas Rooks: Is UMaine chancellor living on borrowed time?
Dannel Malloy is accountable for the debacle at UMA, but he’s had some considerable accomplishments, too.
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Maine Voices: Shellfish farms here and across America are being hammered by climate change
As shellfish aquaculture is thwarted by global warming, so are its social, environmental and economic benefits.
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Commentary: Need for greater public and private investment in higher education’s hidden costs
In Maine and across the nation, ‘invisible’ financial barriers hold back many low-income first-generation college students.
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Maine Voices: Small businesses like mine deserve a level playing field
I pay my fair share toward the communities we all want. Let’s make billionaires and corporations do the same.
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Maine Voices: Governor must address UMaine System debacle
Rather than allowing the chancellor to take over each campus’ key functions, let’s address leadership issues and determine the proper governance model for the future.
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Commentary: Baseball, vaccines and the triumph of selfishness
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Maine Voices: Joe Manchin delivers gut punch to future generations
Opponents of climate legislation say it’s too expensive to give young people a shot at feeling safe enough to raise kids and enjoy our lives.
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Maine Voices: My abortions were safe, legal and pain-free. Everyone deserves that right.
The majority of Americans know it is fundamentally wrong to force someone into motherhood.
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Jim Fossel: To retake Augusta, Maine GOP needs its cards on the table
Candidates owe it to voters to be direct about what they intend to do once in office. It’s also a sound political strategy.