A dynamic mental-health system strengthens Maine’s families. However, our mental health system lacks appropriate community-based and inpatient resources to the point that emergency rooms and jails have become the places where individuals are treated. We can do better than this, but we must do it together. Maine lacks the capacity to treat individuals who are […]

Americans have the right and the duty as citizens to vote in local, state and national elections. Voters in Maine recognized the importance of having their opinions and levels of support of candidates truly count when we approved ranked-choice voting last year. The Maine Legislature should honor this citizen-initiated law. Since the Maine Supreme Judicial […]

After the shooting tragedy in Las Vegas, I got out my booklet on the Constitution of the United States of America. I reviewed the section on legislation: how federal laws are made here in America. Nowhere does it say that the National Rifle Association shall have the authority to make laws concerning firearms. The Rev. […]

Republican state Rep. Karen Vachon, in her column weighing in against Medicaid expansion (Oct. 5), is correct that a low-income 30-year-old may currently get very affordable health insurance. What she fails to mention is that these rates skyrocket for those between 50 and 65 who are low-income and don’t qualify for traditional Medicaid. Current rates […]