It is disappointing that President Biden and Gov. Mills bowed to pressure from the powerful teacher unions, deciding to open up vaccinations to school staff before others similarly placed. Both President Biden and Gov. Mills received my vote, and I am a past member of several unions. I believe in unions, but I believe more […]

Maine needs L.D. 2: An Act to Require the Inclusion of Racial Impact Statements in the Legislative Process. Racial impact statements will enable our state’s lawmakers to take on institutional and systemic racism in our state. Recent data released by the Maine Center for Economic Policy clearly show that our state’s economic, health, education and […]

By not accounting for the increased risk of serious illness and death among individuals with certain medical conditions and racial minorities, Maine officials are perpetuating the inequities laid bare by COVID-19. As a health care program analyst, I don’t disagree with Gov. Mills and Dr. Nirav Shah that age is a risk factor and that […]

Minimum-wage workers are in search of champions. Congress must answer them by increasing our minimum wage to $15 an hour. The argument is that businesses couldn’t survive if they had to pay that much. The truth is we are endlessly innovative. It is absolutely doable. That huge corporations are unwilling to pay a decent wage […]

COVID-19 has changed the way we do just about everything – from getting groceries, to dining out, playing recreational sports, how we teach and care for our kids, among many more. One of the most profound changes has been in the way our medical system functions under increased stress with new costs. Communities are suffering […]

I am in awe and very appreciative of the job Dr. Nirav Shah and Gov. Mills are doing. I am perplexed, though, as to why the previous order of who gets vaccines and when was changed. The arguments used are exactly the same arguments used to deny disabled people from getting appropriate school services or […]