Access to child care and housing are among the areas that we’re starting to succeed in. The results should encourage us all.
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It’s time to talk about how Maine families pay for college | Opinion
Too many students are without the right tools or information. Many of them are being supported by adults who last navigated this process decades ago, when everything was different.
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Maine public schools should stop blaming parents, start rebuilding trust | Opinion
Whichever path administrators choose will shape the future of education in the state.
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Don’t be fooled by Republican trickery in Maine Senate races | Steve Collins
In four state Senate contests, GOP-aligned candidates switched their party registration to unaffiliated, allowing them to appear on the ballot as independents.
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America’s health care crisis continues to add insult to injury | Opinion
We need to demand that our leaders in Augusta and Washington commit, beyond just expression of “concerns,” to voting to improve, not dismantle, our health care system.
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Maine’s high electric rates are due to legislative failure, not corporate greed | Opinion
Our situation is 100% self-induced.
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Support ‘blue-collar research’ on Maine’s experimental forests | Opinion
It took about 60 years to measure 1 million trees. Let’s support those foresters who want to get to work on measuring another million.
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If education, business and labor come together, Maine can take advantage of AI | Opinion
Maine has faced large-scale worker dislocations before. In the absence of effective federal regulation, we must invest and collaborate as we face the biggest yet.
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Maine’s finest conservation efforts are rooted in community | Nature Connects
A network of more than 80 land trusts across the state is redefining conservation as a tool for stronger, more resilient communities.
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The Hungarian election should keep autocrats up at night | Opinion
Stronger-than-expected democratic institutions, enduring economic concerns, public outrage and an indignant young population — these are the factors that carried the day.