Longstanding staff shortages and an overreliance on overtime come with many costs.
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Commentary: An attack on a Maine school librarian is an attack on democracy
The professional school library community will continue to uphold the principle of intellectual freedom. But we need your help.
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Jim Fossel: Can the congressional races hold our interest?
The Golden-Poliquin debate disagreement makes the issues-based tack taken by 1st District candidate Ed Thelander look pretty good.
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The Maine Millennial: Kids cannot learn until they feel secure
I’ve been lucky enough to get a glimpse into Maine’s public schools. What I see is teachers and support staff busting their buns every day for Maine’s kiddos, despite being overworked and underpaid.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Outdated law denies appropriate care to people with serious brain disorders
Hospital violence, in Maine as elsewhere, can be traced right back to a federal law from 1965.
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Maine Voices: An invitation to step off the trail and sit on the Earth itself
Being alone in nature, in silence, is far from weird. It’s wonderful.
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Commentary: Public-private partnership can pave way to hunger-free Maine
A unique collaboration spurred by the pandemic led to our state’s lowest food insecurity rates in nearly 20 years. We need more of the same.
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The Maine Millennial: What if we had a monarch of our own?
A head of state, as opposed to a head of government, could be a useful outlet for a variety of energies.
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Jim Fossel: On Sara Gideon and lighting a pile of cash on fire
The most expensive political campaign in Maine history could haunt the Democrats yet.
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Commentary: What more can our lobstermen do than all they have been asked?
The recent ‘redlisting’ ignores that, for 25 years, Maine lobstermen have been playing by the rules – and those rules have worked.