All adults have an opportunity to play a role in the well-being of our youth, especially as they return to a semblance of their pre-COVID lives.
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Maine Voices: Charter commissions should be both thoughtful and rare
Commissioners need to stay focused, help each other think clearly and imagine life in Portland in 2050, says a member of the city’s 2009 commission.
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Commentary: Generic prescriptions deliver savings for Maine patients
An op-ed and an editorial praising proposed state regulations overlook the fact that brand-name drugs are consistently more costly to Maine.
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Leonard Pitts: Allow teachers to teach the truth about our country
Nobody benefits when educators have to soft-pedal history to keep white people comfortable.
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Maine Voices: Influential ideology encourages inaccurate picture of Portland city government
Critical race theory fuels division and fails to equip us to deal with the real issues facing our community.
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Commentary: Will Sen. Collins stand up for Maine on immigration reform?
By voting ‘no’ on President Biden’s amnesty proposal, she’d promote good jobs and wages for working-class Mainers of all parties.
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Commentary: I give back to older Mainers because they’ve given so much to me
My grandparents looked after me and my brothers when my father was diagnosed with cancer. Now we’re helping them and other seniors.
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Maine Voices: Portland Adult Ed alumni undertake long-haul learning journeys
One PAE alumna is a recent high honors USM graduate who led her chronically ill daughter’s schooling by day and worked on her degree by night.
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Former PUC commissioners: Don’t put politicians in charge of our electric grid
Maine will not be able to keep up its climate response in the midst of a costly takeover battle.
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Maine Voices: Mainers are suffering from lack of mental health funding
We need more than proclamations to address the well-documented need for mental health services.