Too many Maine residents and officials think that homelessness and the individuals experiencing it can be pushed to the next town over.
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Maine Voices: Rural Maine families need mental health support
The state has a mixed record at best when it comes to providing care for children with behavioral health needs.
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Posted inBill Nemitz, Maine, News, Op-eds, Opinion
Bill Nemitz: Rootin’ for Putin, Tucker Carlson becomes Maine’s official state embarrassment
The Fox News star, who often broadcasts from near his home in Maine, hit a new low last week with his take on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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Maine Observer: Who do we blame for this ‘fine mess?’
The old comedy duo Laurel and Hardy shows the absurdity of our need to find fault.
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Jim Fossel: Maine needs more competition in gambling
A sports betting monopoly for the Wabanaki tribes would be a bad deal for everyone.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
The best climate science you’ve never heard of says doom is still avoidable
But global emissions must fall 45 percent by 2030 to limit temperature rise to 1.5 degrees C above preindustrial levels – the line we can’t cross if we are to avoid catastrophic, if not irreversible, consequences.
Posted inGreg Kesich, Op-eds, Opinion
The View From Here: New Cold War needs a new Free World
Russian tanks in Ukraine signal the end of the idea that free markets would bring old enemies together.
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The Maine Millennial: Expanded ‘Good Samaritan’ law needed to slow Maine overdose deaths
When what you are doing doesn’t work, it’s time to try something else. Our current drug policies aren’t working.
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Maine Voices: Invasion evokes ghosts of the Nazi past in Russia, Ukraine
Putin in particular is skilled in using language and imagery to play to an audience all too familiar with the realities of occupation.
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Commentary: We need more Black doctors in the U.S.
While Black doctors help Black patients experience a higher quality of care, the pairing is difficult to make because of a shortage of African American physicians.