Opponents resist change, but this law brings fairness and efficiency in addressing the state’s waste crisis.
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Opinion: Maine must not decrease support for emergency shelters
A new rule that would slash reimbursement of shelter expenses should not be implemented by the Department of Health and Human Services.
Opinion: Bring health care nearer to – or into – Maine workplaces
Onsite health care is no longer just for large employers.
Opinion: Offshore wind turbines are a bad idea for the Gulf of Maine
Alternatives with less of an environmental and financial impact should be considered.
Opinion: Small electric vehicles are affordable for many Mainers – for now
This is the time to buy, before Trump takes office and threatens the generous income tax credits available for EV purchases.
Opinion: Celebrate the healing power of music, community
A Dec. 1 concert in Yarmouth will help support families battling the rare genetic disorder SCN2A – like mine is.
Opinion: Lewiston deserves easy access to mental health care
A central, physical space like the one Sweetser has just opened on Mollison Way reduces barriers to needed treatment.
Opinion: Repair Maine’s criminal justice system, starting with parole
Our existing system churns the same people back into its prisons, year after year, costing hundreds of millions of dollars that would be better spent elsewhere.
Opinion: Climate change is threatening Nordic skiing in Maine
In addition to being a moral issue, it’s an economic one; winter recreation contributed $68 million to the state’s economy in 2022.
Opinion: Proposed rules would deepen Maine’s eldercare crisis
The effect of these inappropriate new standards on the state’s assisted living and residential care facilities would be devastating.