We’re all participating in a race that will determine the fate of our children.
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How do you solve a problem like the IRS? | Opinion
My recent experience with the dramatically slimmed-down agency has been deeply discouraging.
I was executive director of the Lewiston Commission. Here’s why I’m voting ‘Yes’ on Question 2. | Opinion
Maine’s yellow flag law was a bold experiment — an experiment that failed.
In Maine as elsewhere, cancer is no longer an old person’s disease | Opinion
The cancer story is changing. Thankfully, it doesn’t have to end in despair.
Maine’s 1940s curriculum is failing students | Opinion
It’s time to stop distributing boring material with off-putting, wooden writing. The next generation of readers depends on it.
Why New England needs the ROAD to Housing Act | Opinion
This key piece of legislation offers a chance to strengthen our economy and renew the American Dream for families from Boston to Burlington and Providence to Portland.
For mental health clinicians like me, an IRS refund can be make-or-break | Opinion
Although we encourage people to enter helping professions, we do nothing to invest in their ability to sustain our health and social fabric.
I built a career on the water. Maine students need more support to do the same. | Opinion
I found a career, a network and a reason to stay in Maine. Every rural student deserves that chance.
Working Families Tax Cut Bill will protect MaineCare, Maine taxpayers | Opinion
The bill brings back some common-sense guardrails in addition to tackling waste and fraud.
Health care in Maine is paying the price for D.C. posturing | Opinion
Maine is a state that believes in fairness and cares deeply for its communities. It’s time our government started showing us it shares these values.