The former: Where Grandpa buried the family silver. The latter: What school food tastes like if it is made for a profit.
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Maine Med president: Lack of state mental health investment is major factor in ER violence
MMC nurses are right to protest, as emergency rooms have become a place of last resort for people who have a diagnosis but can’t access appropriate treatment options.
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Maine Voices: Bill could help college students graduate, ease Maine’s worker shortage
By reining in the withholding of transcripts over unpaid bills, L.D. 1838 will let Mainers get their degrees and jobs.
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Commentary: Conservatives need to step up, present a paid leave plan of their own
A middle ground exists between the broken status quo and the expensive and unwieldy proposal that was part of Build Back Better.
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Commentary: Putin is playing with fire in Ukraine
The Russian leader has fallen into the aging autocrat’s trap, making a gamble he cannot win.
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Maine Voices: Maine’s domestic violence agencies offer resources to people in need
Advocates are among the frontline workers during the pandemic, and their services can be accessed anywhere in the state through a toll-free hotline.
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Leonard Pitts: Canada, you were supposed to be better than this – or at least better than us
But the so-called ‘Freedom Convoy’ tells us that one of the last sane places on earth is not immune to the lunacy of the age.
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Maine Voices: For one hospital, its food pantry means so much more
Farmington’s MaineHealth Food Pantry at Franklin addresses the needs of patients and employees and hopes to offer lessons about healthy cooking.
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Commentary: How Ukraine matters to Joe Biden
Presidents have a healthy incentive to do the right thing for their country: It helps their reputations, too.
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Maine Voices: Now is not the time to stop masking in school
With hospitals seeing more pediatric COVID patients than ever, masks are the easiest way to keep kids in the classroom and support their mental health.