An increase in extreme interventions is a clear sign that schools either do not have the will or the resources to deal with challenging behavior.
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Our View: The shifting behind Maine health care costs
Hospitals charge private insurance three times more for the same services paid by Medicare.
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Our View: Maine should have open primaries
This election reform would let more people get involved earlier in the political process
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View from Away: Will Iran follow Trump’s lead in reneging on the nuclear deal?
A year ago, President Donald Trump repudiated a painstakingly negotiated agreement under which Iran has placed significant limits on its nuclear program. The president confidently predicted that Iran’s leaders “are going to want to make a new and lasting deal, one that benefits all of Iran and the Iranian people.” As he usually does, Trump […]
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Our View: For a better future in Maine, build solid foundations for children
A child’s home life, health, education and future well-being are all connected.
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View from Away: Trump’s contempt for Congress is dangerous and self-serving
After special counsel Robert S. Mueller III filed his report on his investigation into possible ties between Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia, the president hailed the report as a “total exoneration.” His attorney general has since released a redacted version of the document, which elicited a similar reaction from Trump. But now that Democrats in […]
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Our View: For-profit colleges need state oversight
The Trump administration has shown no interest in keeping a watch on this troubling industry.
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Our View: Hubris on display when Pompeo talks about climate
As the planet heats up, America’s representative at the Arctic Council claims a melting ice cap would be good for business.
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View from Away: Human activities could erase 1 million of our fellow species
It’s hard to imagine a more dire assessment of what we humans have done to the world than the 1,500-page United Nations report released Monday in Paris that says, among other things, that our collective activities have put some 1 million plant and animal species at risk of extinction, many within decades. While environmentalists and […]
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Our View: Death of former UMaine great was a wake-up call
A lot has changed about how we think about football and brain damage since Justin Strzelczyk died bizarrely a few years after leaving the NFL.