As a doctor who serves on one jail’s Board of Visitors says, ‘No one should be sentenced to lack of health care.’
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Commentary: U.S. vaccine hoarding is alienating the world
The world had hoped ‘America First’ would end when Joe Biden replaced Donald Trump as president. It hasn’t.
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Our View: Biden’s Rescue Plan sends aid where it’s needed
Millions of families, in Maine and across the country, can’t wait for a slow economic recovery to reach them.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: I’m a longtime nurse at Maine Medical Center, and I don’t support a union
Why would we pay dues that would give us benefits we already have and make the patient a secondary consideration?
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine has been tested in year of COVID
Twelve months since the state’s first case, we are among the safest in the country – with much work left to do.
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Maine Voices: In my last year of teaching, I ‘lost’ a student
The children most at risk before COVID are affected even more now. If you know of a child who is not engaged in school, please speak up.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Angus King: $1.9 trillion COVID bill meets the moment
This legislation gets help to the people who need it most, including 10,000 Maine children who will be lifted from poverty.
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Commentary: Working Maine families need lifeline to overcome impacts of COVID
Our senators must vote ‘yes’ on the upcoming American Rescue Plan so that Mainers can pay their bills, put food on the table and stay in their homes.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine politicians, regulators must do more to hold CMP accountable
Otherwise, the utility will remain the largest obstacle Maine faces in its goals to provide reliable power to its people and combat climate change.
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Commentary: Prospects for broadband growth at critical point in Maine
Regulatory change could enable much-needed fast, reliable and affordable fiber internet access – if legacy phone, power and cable companies don’t block it.