The news last week rightly included the city of Sanford and its response to the asylum seekers who arrived seeking safety. They arrived in multiple groups and at varying times: men, women and children. As expected, much behind-the-scenes work went on. But something that was concerning to me was the untrue and harmful light that […]

The cause of the hospital staffing crisis is the system hospitals use to staff only the bare minimum of nurses on each shift. Without legislation for nurse-to-patient ratios, patient care is unsafe, and nurses will not keep participating in it. I am constantly agonizing over being a part of a system inflicting harm by design, […]

Many thanks to Orlando Delogu for such a clear and convincing explanation of the problems with Maine tribes achieving full sovereignty (“Commentary: In state with dispersed tribal land, ‘full sovereignty’ seems unworkable,” May 12). I wonder why Gov. Mills does not offer this explanation herself? The lack of transparency about her consultations with tribal leaders is […]

I have always felt that good ideas are good ideas, regardless of who proposes them. That is how I feel about the New England Clean Energy Connect corridor. It will provide less expensive clean electricity and reduce our carbon footprint. Does it bother me that electricity will go to Massachusetts? No. Why should it? Does […]

In my 34 years in the field of child care, I have never experienced the instability that is compromising the foundation of our industry like it is today. Child care workers are disappearing. We are a staff of 18 and, since June 2020, 16 employees have resigned, throwing us into a constant and chaotic hiring […]