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Maine Compass: Take reasonable steps to keep guns away from children

by Sue Repko December 7, 2019December 6, 2019

The Legislative Council should advance proposals to keep guns out of child care centers and safely stored by home care providers.

by Doug Woodsum December 6, 2019December 6, 2019

Teachers are taking lessons, and they’re on preparing for mass shootings, binding wounds and recognizing signs of abuse.

by Dr. Jonathan Shenkin December 3, 2019December 2, 2019

Tooth decay progresses more quickly in children, making a common insurance industry practice dangerous.

by Joshua Gear December 3, 2019December 3, 2019

Weaker campaign finance laws have enabled insurers and Big Pharma to create a system that benefits only them.

by Richard L. Killmer December 1, 2019September 14, 2020

The U.S. will be able to leave the Paris accord Nov. 4, 2020. What will that mean for the other countries at next week’s gathering?

by Penthea Burns November 28, 2019November 27, 2019

It’s not enough to acknowledge past harms – non-Natives should work to create restorative change.

by Mary Dunn November 27, 2019November 26, 2019

A Mainer reports on her conversations with asylum seekers stuck on the Mexican side of the southwest border.

by Kathie Summers Grice November 25, 2019September 14, 2020

For all of us, it is vital to uphold the rule of law; for the GOP, it is critical to resolve the issue in an election year.

by Joseph W. Gauld November 22, 2019November 21, 2019

Bring family and school together, so parents and students are part of the same community and young people become each other’s supporters.

by Patrisha McLean November 19, 2019November 19, 2019

All intimate-partner violence takes a toll, and stopping it requires seeing it for what it is.