The projected $800 million budget surplus has positioned Maine well to provide some relief to our more cash-strapped friends and neighbors.
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Maine Voices: Pandemic calls for us to rethink impossible expectations of teachers
Can we continue to ask them to wear so many hats, for pay that will not allow them to pursue education as a long-term career, with minimal support?
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Commentary: Whoopi Goldberg got it all wrong on the Holocaust. But if she can learn, we all can
Suspended for her misinformed comments, ‘The View’ co-host gives us all one model for how to go about changing our perceptions.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Put an end to wrongful evictions of older Americans
My mom’s experience shows that state and federal laws requiring 30 days’ notice of nursing home discharges have been allowed to atrophy into irrelevance.
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Maine Voices: Legislature should ban solitary confinement in Maine’s jails, prisons
L.D. 696 will put an end to a practice that has no rehabilitative purpose and that harms people who are incarcerated.
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Maine Voices: People of faith urge legislators, Gov. Mills to support tribal sovereignty
L.D. 1626 is a necessary part of seeking reconciliation with the people of the Dawnland.
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Commentary: Quality time with children – a pandemic trend that should stick around
Parents don’t have to take their kids out and spend money on them to give them undivided attention, a recently released survey shows.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: In mission to end intimate partner violence, VA is here to help
We are committed to giving veterans the support to foster healthy relationships, and we’re working to improve services to veterans who’ve experienced domestic abuse.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-Eds, Opinion
The View From Here: ‘The Curse of Bigness’
The arrival of yet another big-box retailer in southern Maine is nothing to celebrate.
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Maine Voices: Enough is enough
As we reach winter’s halfway point, we assess whether we have enough fuel and food – literally and figuratively – for the rest of the season.