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.
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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Managing municipal biosolids is a complex issue that requires collaboration
A 24- to 36-month pause in the enactment of a new law barring out-of-state waste from Maine landfills is crucial to averting a deeper crisis.
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Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Bill targeting preferred pronoun use in schools will have impact outside the classroom
Who is L.D. 678 for? Who is being protected? Whose rights are being upheld? Moreover, whose are not?
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine’s girls and nonbinary youth deserve to be listened to
Young people can themselves steer our state through the youth mental health crisis – providing they have our full attention and our support.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Biden budget beggars belief
If a spoiled child concocted a federal budget proposal, it’d look a lot like the one Biden just unveiled.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Ben Bragdon: Budget from House Republicans would devastate Maine
The plan, unveiled last week, has no chance of passing as it is. But it says a lot about the people putting it forward.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Douglas Rooks: Maine high court can act to help resolve CMP power line dilemma
The Supreme Judicial Court should clear up at least one issue in this important but confusing debate.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Youth homelessness is a problem we can solve now
There’s no reason that every young Mainer can’t have a place to stay.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Being old enough to understand the world is no bad thing
I’m about to be 92. A rise in ageism, or whatever you want to call it, has been bugging me for a long time.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Maine’s ‘sunshine’ law has lost its power to illuminate
In recent years, the Freedom of Access Act process has become increasingly unreliable. If we care about transparency, we have no choice but to reform it.