Scott Pruitt will restore the agency to its proper role and away from damaging abuses of its authority.
Maine Voices
Opinion columns submitted by the public to the Portland Press Herald.
Maine Voices: As Congress alters health care law, coverage of cystic fibrosis patients essential
Some proposed policy reforms would harm a group that desperately needs access to affordable treatment.
Maine Voices: Ten tips will help you set, attain and sustain fitness goals in 2017
Achieving fitness goals entails a lifestyle change that spans intake, output and also outlook.
Maine Voices: Trump, and his economic policy, will travel path of greatest resistance
He starts off with little good faith, and his ideas for the economy won’t make him many friends.
Maine Voices: How will Trump shape China policy?
Will he take a hostile ‘Great Wall’ approach or attempt a more cooperative ‘Silk Road’ strategy of increased trade?
Maine Voices: Multiple fiscal New Year’s Days create uncertainty for after-school programs
Running a good program depends not just on funding, but on being able to plan on that funding.
Children’s books on racial equality resonate with busy working mom
Reading – or listening to someone else’s story – is a crucial component of working for racial justice.
Chaotic, dysfunctional system of health ‘insurance’ needs medical attention
Why can’t we have one big bucket of money for health care that we all pay into – it would be so simple.
Maine Voices: Inclusive, sustaining environments still missing for disabled people
Decades after the Pineland institution closed, Maine’s rhetoric fails to create services and settings that empower.
Maine Voices: Next-generation model needed for owners, riders and horses
We should identify what the Maine Harness Racing Commission will do with its allocated funding.