Legislating for new mental health facilities may not sit well with everyone. We should be far more uncomfortable with the alternative: leaving vulnerable young Mainers hanging in the balance.
Editorials
Our View: Every police, corrections officer should carry naloxone
A new bill would require all police officers to carry naloxone. Legislators should take this opportunity to close a frightening gap in our battle against fatal overdoses by adding correction officers to the mix as well.
Another View: Don’t let incompetent bank executives derail the Fed’s inflation battle
The blame ought to be placed where it belongs: The bank’s leaders blew it.
Our View: Recognizing tribal rights in Maine would boost entire state
Maine tribes’ inherent right to self-governance persists. State lawmakers of 2023 seem to be coming around to that fact.
Our View: EPA finally shows the way on PFAS in drinking water
Maine’s been doing its best to forge ahead in the absence of a federal standard. Thankfully, that has changed.
Our View: Youth homelessness is a problem we can solve now
There’s no reason that every young Mainer can’t have a place to stay.
Our View: Push to stop printing public notices is flawed
Here it is, simply: The Maine public needs more information. Not less.
Our View: Keeping kids in poverty is our choice. What’s it going to be?
The expanded child tax credit pulled millions of kids out of poverty before expiring. It can do so again.
Our View: Gov. Mills must outline thinking on tribal rights
The governor’s opposition to proposals like the latest one, involving tribal treaty language in the state Constitution, has been more or less sustained. Equally sustained is bafflement as to why.
Our View: Maine delegation needs to be louder on asylum seeker work authorization
Recent reporting proves our state, in particular, can’t wait any longer for a rule change.