Most senators, including Susan Collins, are still making up their minds whether to support the Iran nuclear agreement.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Why town government ‘bad news’ stories are important
Everything from the truck backing into the hopper at the Belgrade transfer station to Anson’s missing half a million dollars is our business, and yours too, Maureen Milliken writes.
Climate change is boring — not
It isn’t really boring, though, since people outside government are stepping up to tackle big issues.
LePage administration has stabilized Medicaid spending
By using an expenditure forecast system, right-sizing MaineCare and preventing Medicaid expansion, the state finished the year without a Medicaid shortfall.
Maine fights to keep primary care physicians off endangered species list
Biases in medical schools have turned many students away from the primary care career choice.
If poor kids get a little extra help early in life, we can lessen ‘achievement gap
Skowhegan area will benefit from Elevate Maine, an early care and education system for children from the time they are born until they enter kindergarten.
Smart or Not Smart to call out National Guard to fight drugs?
Other topics for discussion are banking regulations and Joe Baldacci throwing his hat into 2nd District ring. Ethan Strimling & Phil Harriman
‘Welfare abuse’ is the big lie that a compassionate society must correct
For Gov. LePage and his allies, scapegoating the poor has become a successful political tool.
Reflecting on Katrina and the last decade
There was so much brokenness in New Orleans that I began to think that tears were what had flooded the city, not the salty waters of Lake Pontchartrain.
State funding loss puts addiction program in peril
Maine Alliance for Addiction Recovery will close on Dec. 31 unless its funding is restored.