U.S. News’ and other annual rankings are unhelpful and too frequently gamed by colleges. It’s time to give families useful guides.
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Maine Voices: State funding is needed to ensure the safety of Maine children
To truly recognize April as Child Abuse Prevention Month, investing in abuse and neglect prevention alongside improvements to the intervention system is essential.
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The humble Farmer: The Great Dejunking, or trash versus treasure
The Almost Perfect Woman is a minimalist, but I can’t get anything done around the house without the odds and ends she calls ‘clutter.’
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Commentary: Compassion is the antidote to political stress
Let’s work toward a future where we might all live with our collective human dignity intact. It will be hard, but the alternative is dystopia.
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Commentary: We believe in innocent until proven guilty – unless a defense attorney is up for office
The attacks on Ketanji Brown Jackson for representing indigent defendants are just the latest example of how the constitutionally required role is maligned.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Hold Putin to account for war crimes
The most recent revelations from Bucha further confirm Russia’s depravity.
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Maine Voices: Five possible solutions to Portland’s housing crisis
Encouraging multifamily and denser construction, creating building incentives and simplifying permitting are among the ways to make room for dwellings of all types and prices.
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Tom Purcell: We must fix the nursing shortage
Where did all the nurses go? One of my family members ended up in the ER for a week after a bad fall. The hospital we chose and its staff were wonderful in every way, but this time, one important thing was missing: an appropriate number of nurses to deliver superior care. The nurses who […]
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Maine Voices: Stop saying small-business owners oppose Maine biometric privacy bill
It’s in the interest of Big Tech to defeat L.D. 1945, which would create guardrails on how companies can use our personal identifiers – our fingerprints, faces and voices.
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Our View: Housing crisis is everywhere in Maine, and so is homelessness
The rising cost of housing is leaving people all across the state on the brink of disaster.