The agency’s data used to be the envy of the world. Those days are gone, and we need to bring them back.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Shame on Bishop Ruggieri for closing St. Dom’s | Opinion
He has no idea what this school has meant to the greater Lewiston-Auburn community.
SCOTUS is failing its own constitutional test | Douglas Rooks
Shockwaves from the court’s 2024 ruling on presidential immunity are being felt around the world.
Medicaid work requirements are likely to fail | Opinion
Among the many reasons to oppose the Republican budget bill, this is one of the more obvious.
‘Big, beautiful bill’ should not include sale of public lands | Opinion
Federal lands in Maine are some of the finest in the world. They must be protected.
Pell Grant cuts would be a blow to Maine’s economic future | Opinion
Reductions currently on the table would devastate opportunities for thousands of Maine students.
Medicaid patients’ reproductive health care is under attack | Opinion
I am not about to sugarcoat what we at Planned Parenthood — and 1 in 4 of our patients in Maine — are facing right now.
Boost for anti-vaccine forces is no good for Maine | Steve Collins
Our long track record of success with immunizations could be about to take a big hit.
An important tool can protect Maine from damaging tariffs | Opinion
The U.S. Foreign-Trade Zone program is well worth our time.
School-age intervention can turn tide of addiction, homelessness | Opinion
Thirty years of teaching has taught me that the younger the student, the more effective the help is.