Longstanding staff shortages and an overreliance on overtime come with many costs.
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Commentary: An attack on a Maine school librarian is an attack on democracy
The professional school library community will continue to uphold the principle of intellectual freedom. But we need your help.
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Jim Fossel: Can the congressional races hold our interest?
The Golden-Poliquin debate disagreement makes the issues-based tack taken by 1st District candidate Ed Thelander look pretty good.
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The Maine Millennial: Kids cannot learn until they feel secure
I’ve been lucky enough to get a glimpse into Maine’s public schools. What I see is teachers and support staff busting their buns every day for Maine’s kiddos, despite being overworked and underpaid.
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Commentary: The fathers writing abortion laws are showing no mercy for daughters
Last week CNN confirmed what the optics have long suggested: Male lawmakers, many of them fathers, are most eager to punish women for having an abortion.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: Modernizing U.S. foreign farmworker system isn’t just right – it’s critical
Farmers like us need multi-season access to the same highly skilled workers. Workers need that stability, too.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: The quest to move party politics Forward will require other parties
In America, third-party efforts tend to be viewed with suspicion. What would help their credibility? More and different efforts.
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Commentary: Older Mainers paved way for Inflation Reduction Act’s health care savings
While we’re celebrating the law’s achievements, let’s remember the invaluable activism of one group of outspoken Mainers.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine’s approach to helping the homeless falls short again
It’s far too easy for individual communities to shirk their responsibility.
Posted inTimes Record Opinion
Gordon Weil: Same-sex marriage at center of historic conflict
Sen. Susan Collins is a leading Republican sponsor of a U.S. Senate bill to ensure a federal right to same-sex marriage. Sen. Lindsay Graham, a South Carolina Republican, proposes a bill to impose a national limit on abortion rights. His move would limit a right as opposed to Collins’ effort to protect a right. There’s […]