His spending plan embraces promising ideas, like greater funding for and access to treatment – but it takes a big step back by attempting to repeal Obamacare and cut Medicaid.
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Our View: Legislature should probe UMaine power contract
There are enough potential conflicts in this deal to warrant a transparent oversight process.
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Our View: Students need to learn harsh truths of American history
Slavery and the racism that engendered it fueled problems with which we’re still grappling.
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Our View: Prison shutdown exposes LePage’s weak leadership
The governor can disrupt and delay, but he doesn’t have the skills to make things happen.
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Our View: Maine law falls short in keeping public informed
The Freedom of Access Act isn’t built to deal with officials who have no interest in transparency.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: County officials must be on board with sweeping Maine jail-overhaul plan
Those who know the system best should have input on a proposal to move to regional oversight and close five correctional facilities.
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Our View: Waterville father should not be deported to Haiti
Cool analysis, not hot rhetoric, should be driving decisions on how to apply the law.
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Our View: UMaine System gets local food onto more plates
Policymakers should examine how to replicate such successes elsewhere in Maine.
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Our View: Future of initiative process rides on ranked-choice vote
Augusta’s dismissive treatment of citizen-initiated laws will be on the ballot this June.
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Our View: Time for Maine to look past lobster boom years
A study predicting a long-term decline in lobster landings is a prod to consider what’s next.