My recent experience with the dramatically slimmed-down agency has been deeply discouraging.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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In Maine as elsewhere, cancer is no longer an old person’s disease | Opinion
The cancer story is changing. Thankfully, it doesn’t have to end in despair.
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I was executive director of the Lewiston Commission. Here’s why I’m voting ‘Yes’ on Question 2. | Opinion
Maine’s yellow flag law was a bold experiment — an experiment that failed.
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Maine’s 1940s curriculum is failing students | Opinion
It’s time to stop distributing boring material with off-putting, wooden writing. The next generation of readers depends on it.
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In her Waterville hometown, she has no home | Column
Suffering from mental illnesses, 50-year-old Jessica LeClair says it’s hard maneuvering homelessness.
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Why New England needs the ROAD to Housing Act | Opinion
This key piece of legislation offers a chance to strengthen our economy and renew the American Dream for families from Boston to Burlington and Providence to Portland.
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Democrats’ inaction on immigration is coming home to roost | Jim Fossel
Having failed to properly address the issue when it had the majority, the party should not be crying foul now.
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We must fight for better health care for all Mainers | Hannah Pingree
As governor, I won’t just call out the problem, I’ll use the power of the state to build a solution.
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What I learned over coffee with Graham Platner | Victoria Hugo-Vidal
Genuine, savvy and a Warren Zevon fan to boot, I found plenty to like during my sit-down with the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate.
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For mental health clinicians like me, an IRS refund can be make-or-break | Opinion
Although we encourage people to enter helping professions, we do nothing to invest in their ability to sustain our health and social fabric.