The state’s answer to challenges poised by rising use of heroin continues to fall short.
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Primary care, Maine farms and rising sea levels make the news this week.
OUR OPINION: Toxin ruling should put kids’ interests first
Mandating disclosure of phthalates would help consumers make safer choices for their families.
OUR OPINION: Loophole opens citizen initiatives to outside sway
A bill that would ban the gathering of signatures by out-of-staters is a good starting point for a discussion over the referendum process.
OUR OPINION: Maine would win with free community college
The state has some work to do, however, before the federal program can get off the ground.
OUR OPINION: Work week under Obamacare should stay at 30 hours
Far more workers would be hurt if the threshold for the employee mandate is raised.
OUR OPINION: Death penalty wrong approach to stopping crimes against children
Life in prison without parole is the best way for the state to protect kids, and our values.
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Trash disposal and mental health patients make the news this week.
OUR OPINION: Maine trying to reinvent the wheel on aid fraud
Instead on insisting on ineffective practices, the DHHS should learn from other states.
OUR OPINION: Judge wrong to bargain with public’s right to know
The default position in court proceedings should always be openness.