One idea is to split VA’s health program into two entitities — one specializing in vets with service-related injuries, the other for generalized medical care.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Proposed cuts to public health agencies will hurt obesity prevention efforts
Reducing access to social safety nets contributes to the epidemic that afflicts 30 percent of Mainers.
Great Northern mill tax scam is just the tip of giveaway iceberg
Maine is giving away hundreds of millions of dollars each year, and politics is the problem.
In defense of Christianity
Maine legislators should take note: Christians have rights, too.
Public transit continues to grow in Maine and so does the demand
As a rural and aging state, Maine faces challenges to help its people move around.
Students have the write stuff
Fourth-graders at Mount Vernon Elementary revel in writing assignments.
In Maine, it’s North vs. South
Referendum reform is needed so that people throughout the state are properly represented.
We can’t live without tech
Ninety-two percent of teens say they go online once a day, and 8 percent are liars.
Dems’ plan more of the same
The party wants to raise taxes when the states that are cutting are flourishing.