The 2021 Maine KIDS COUNT Data Book reveals positive trends as well as key areas of concern.
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Maine Voices: To keep Maine families together, stop treating people who use drugs as criminals
L.D. 967, LR 1817 and L.D. 994 would give more people a path to treatment and throw fewer people in jail.
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Maine Voices: For some Maine families, stakes higher than ever as we try to put COVID behind us
With new variants spreading even as vaccination rates are rising, keep wearing masks, socially distancing and limiting non-essential travel.
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Sen. Hickman: Mainers must have the right to vote in all taxpayer-funded elections
L.D. 231 would let unenrolled voters cast one ballot in the primary of their choice without having to enroll in a political party.
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Maine Voices: Helping harassed Asian Americans doesn’t require confrontation
The 5 D’s of Upstander Intervention – Delegate, Distract, Delay, Document and Direct – can be practiced before you need them.
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Maine Voices: Antiquated car testing standards boost risk of injury, death for women
After a freak accident turned freak injury, research leads a college student to conclude that we won’t have safer vehicles until we have better crash test dummies.
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Commentary: Online registration would strengthen Mainers’ ability to vote
Passing L.D. 1126 will enable more people to participate in our democracy, making our representation stronger.
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Maine Voices: The unexpected COVID-19 vaccine side effect – ‘I’m not crying, you’re crying’
I was prepared for a sore arm or flu-like symptoms, but I was not ready for the wave of emotion after the year tumbled down on me.
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Commentary: What makes high-quality child care, and why is it so important right now?
A central Maine program that models best early education practices has proven outcomes for our youngest children, their families and the workforce.
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Commentary: For the well-being of all Mainers, let’s reinvest in Land for Maine’s Future
Supporting the LMF bond will conserve working forests, build recreation infrastructure, protect the climate and give more people access to nature’s benefits.