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Our View: Teacher shortage demands money more than innovation

by The Editorial Board March 30, 2023March 30, 2023

Some of the latest proposals to tackle the lack of educators in Maine sidestep the most effective known solution: raising pay.

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: Win for workers at Augusta Chipotle should only be the start

by The Editorial Board March 29, 2023March 29, 2023

Stronger labor laws and more regulatory power would help employees across the country stand up for their rights.

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: Civil legal aid is falling short, hurting all of us

by The Editorial Board March 27, 2023March 25, 2023

When people can’t access programs and services designed to help them, whole communities suffer.

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: ‘One-stop shop’ for new residents has untold potential

by The Editorial Board March 26, 2023March 26, 2023

Whether or not Maine gets the federal waiver on asylum seeker work authorization it desires, the state must be ready and waiting for it.

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: Give young psychiatric patients somewhere to go

by The Editorial Board March 23, 2023March 23, 2023

Legislating for new mental health facilities may not sit well with everyone. We should be far more uncomfortable with the alternative: leaving vulnerable young Mainers hanging in the balance.

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: Keeping kids in poverty is our choice. What’s it going to be?

by The Editorial Board March 11, 2023March 10, 2023

The expanded child tax credit pulled millions of kids out of poverty before expiring. It can do so again.

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: Gov. Mills must outline thinking on tribal rights

by The Editorial Board March 10, 2023March 10, 2023

The governor’s opposition to proposals like the latest one, involving tribal treaty language in the state Constitution, has been more or less sustained. Equally sustained is bafflement as to why.