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Commentary: Staffing hospitals at skeletal levels forces nurses to scramble

by Cokie Giles From the Press Herald May 31, 2023May 30, 2023

Nurses from Portland to Presque Isle have told me they are unable to either save patients’ lives or ensure they go home without any preventable complications. L.D. 1639 could change that.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Commentary: Why do we assume that it’s safe to use our phones while we drive?

by Taylor Asen From the Press Herald May 30, 2023May 26, 2023

There’s growing recognition that the use of handheld phones while driving is profoundly dangerous. The data suggest that using your phone ‘responsibly’ isn’t great either.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Jim Fossel: Has the Republican presidential field learned any lessons?

by Jim Fossel May 28, 2023May 27, 2023

Time will tell whether or not the party is doomed to repeat the mistakes of 2016.

Op-Eds, Opinion

The Maine Millennial: The road to a new relationship is full of rocks

by Victoria Hugo-Vidal May 28, 2023May 27, 2023

More and more these days, I feel like I’m onstage in a play where everyone else got a script and I didn’t.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Commentary: PFAS contamination also has mental health impact on Maine’s farmers

by Jacki Martinez Perkins and Annie Watson From the Press Herald May 26, 2023May 25, 2023

Cultivemos, a network funded by the 2018 Farm Bill, is making sure that farmers have increased options for access to supportive services where they live and where they work.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Commentary: No government mandate will fix the challenges Maine’s hospital nurses face

by Devin Carr From the Press Herald May 26, 2023May 25, 2023

Maine Med urges lawmakers to focus on health care education funding and accountability for those who assault nurses, not rigid staffing ratios.

Op-Eds, Opinion

Commentary: Proposed paid family and medical leave bill unworkable for Maine

by Julia Munsey and Curtis Picard From the Press Herald May 25, 2023May 24, 2023

The proposal is for a new short-term disability insurance program that will cost hundreds of millions of dollars and be one of the most benefit-rich programs in the country.