The report should be used to find ways to improve going forward, not as a tool for scoring political points.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Mainers deserve investment in health and stability — not family separation | Opinion
The stakes for our communities right now couldn’t be higher.
Data privacy isn’t a partisan issue — it’s a Maine issue | Opinion
A balanced privacy law would protect Mainers and support small business growth.
Maine’s House Democrats erred in censuring Rep. Laurel Libby | Opinion
The move has played into Libby’s desire for national attention and aided her fundraising ability. It’s time to turn the temperature down.
Maine needs to understand that raising kids requires community | Opinion
Raising kids takes a community; something many of us don’t have and might assume is hard to find. That’s where neighbors come in.
County jail costs are crippling Maine budgets | Opinion
More than 80% of Kennebec County’s spending is going toward law enforcement and corrections. Help may be on the way.
For Democrats in Maine and beyond, the times they are a changin’ | Jim Fossel
Ambitious young candidates may soon have a host of new opportunities.
I can no longer read thrillers without thinking about politics | Opinion
The real world has begun to mirror the darker elements of these novels. That worries me.
Cutting funding to libraries is bad for all of us | Opinion
Having worked in libraries for nearly a decade, I have seen firsthand the difference libraries make in people’s lives — and I understand why they’re being targeted.
My day in court left me with mixed emotions | Victoria Hugo-Vidal
While I was excited to get the chance to serve on a jury, the proceedings left me ill at ease.