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Published
October 6, 2017

Commentary: Consolidation program could isolate Maine’s special education students

Regional centers might save money, but they could also erase the gains that inclusion has delivered.
Published
October 4, 2017

Our View: History doesn’t jibe with rosy York County casino forecast

As voters weigh a slots parlor in southern Maine, they should compare the predictions and the outcome at the Oxford venue.
Published
October 1, 2017

Maine Voices: Ranked-choice best choice for primaries

A bill before the Legislature would let voters focus on one question next spring: Who would be the best governor of Maine?
Published
September 25, 2017

Our View: With marijuana, Maine should go ‘low and slow’

As legislators craft legal-pot regulations, they'd do well to keep the new policy conservative.
Published
September 25, 2017

Maine’s marijuana social clubs likely to be no-smoking venues

Draft rules are unlikely to contain an exemption to state law barring smoking in public places, so pot would have to be consumed through edibles or tincture.

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Published
September 22, 2017

Our View: Federal court should throw out punitive Maine abortion restriction

Allowing only doctors to perform the procedure effectively bars rural Mainers from getting care.
Published
September 10, 2017

Jim Fossel: Crony capitalism harms all

Writing laws to enrich the few remains detrimental to all ideologies.
Published
September 10, 2017

Our View: More than a few Maine seniors need housing help

Gov. LePage focuses on one elderly couple's plight but fails to take steps that could benefit many others like them.
Published
September 8, 2017

Our View: Foot-dragging won’t ease opioids’ impact in Maine

Recent data show that the death toll is still high – and the lackluster policy response is no help.
Published
September 6, 2017

Our View: Later school start times have fiscal upside, too

The boon would come from higher grades leading to better jobs and greater earnings.