Suicide, overdose, alcoholism and obesity are among the preventable causes of death that are lowering life expectancy in Maine.
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Our View: Time to rethink system for defending Maine’s poor
Questions about cost and quality should lead lawmakers to consider starting a public defender system.
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Our View: Helping asylum seekers, and others, helps Maine
There’s no reason the state has decide between giving migrants short-term aid and doing the same for other residents.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine attorney general right to join emissions lawsuit
People concerned about warming waters in the Gulf of Maine have a direct interest in what comes out of a tailpipe in California.
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Our View: Lawmakers should rein in facial surveillance
We need strong state and federal policies to keep the powerful technology from being misused.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: New drug epidemic challenges Maine
‘Crystal meth,’ the longtime scourge of the West Coast, is taking hold in communities here.
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Our View: School cops’ camera data should stay in school
The unique role of a school resource officer requires unique policy on information recorded by police body cameras.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Proposed asylum rules are deliberately cruel
Denying people the ability to earn a living is the wrong way to treat those escaping persecution.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
View from Away: Trump’s EPA is trying to limit science in crafting new regulations
Regulations and policies affecting public health should rely on clear-eyed analysis of the best science and data available.