The Los Angeles Times
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Our View: What is an 11-year-old with mental illness doing in prison?
The state says it is rethinking a system that puts too many kids behind locked doors, but change is coming slowly.
Our View: Expensive tax overhaul wrong move for Maine
Lawmakers here should not use deficit-funded federal tax reform as an excuse to blow a hole in the next state budget.
Our View: The bungled rollout of the new unemployment claims system raises questions
Former employees say managers held claimants in contempt.
Our View: Drug treatment needed for addicted parents
A drug-affected baby will likely join a chaotic home unless there is effective intervention.
Our View: Maine’s system for caring for disabled adults needs additional oversight
Two bills before the Legislature address problems revealed by a federal watchdog agency.
Our View: Student protests give democracy a needed boost
Young people expect government to function as it’s supposed to be, not how it has become.
Our View: An independent investigation into abuse response clearly necessary
Any report to come out of the governor’s administration would be compromised.
Our View: Only one question answered in police shooting inquiry
Chance Baker died in an instant, but the circumstances that led to his death had been unfolding for months.