The latest budget covers what will be challenging and unusual years for the state of Maine. To look at its contents offers little indication of that reality.
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View from Away: McCarthy’s House rules could weaken ethics oversight
In its first act, the House has moved to make it harder to investigate corruption by its members. So much for a ‘government that is held accountable.’
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Our View: Incarceration should not be a death sentence
Premature deaths at Maine prisons and jails is on the rise. It’s time we all took notice.
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Our View: Get used to uneasy times for winter recreation
Snow-starved seasons like this one have serious ramifications for Maine and the rest of the Northeast.
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Our View: Ice storm of ’98 showed Mainers how life should be
When the disastrous storm hit, people stepped up to help others in ways large and small. We can and should tap into this spirit more often.
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Our View: Lack of consequences for Santos’ fabulism humiliates us all
It’s not about the death of local media – it’s about the death of shame.
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Our View: The time for a serious road safety intervention is now
The carnage on Maine roads last year should never be repeated. Solutions are available.
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Our View: Maine failed to prepare for a tidal wave of evictions
The end of ‘unprecedented’ support for American renters demanded equally unprecedented consideration and careful management at the federal and state levels. It received nothing of the sort.
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Our View: Let’s be there – again – for our besieged letter carriers
For successive years now, cries for help from the people who keep the United States Postal Service going have been ignored.
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Our View: Why can’t we wrap our heads around public investment in child care?
Unless we can accept that access to child care is infrastructure, the nation’s child care crisis – and its attendant ills – will only worsen.