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Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
From the State House: Raise rates, end waitlists for most vulnerable adults
Maine once led the nation in care for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. It can again.
Sen. Roger Katz: Column misstated position on state budget
Compromise should not be a dirty word as legislators try to craft a spending plan.
Maine Compass: Funding county jails makes a difference for all Maine families
If you value safety, recognize that keeping the state’s inmates in jail is a priority.
Maine Compass: Automatic license suspensions hurt small business
Owners lose employees when those workers lose their licenses. That shouldn’t happen simply for failing to pay fines.
One graduate missing on the Portland stage
The mother of a girl who took her own life last year pleads with the community to take mental health care seriously.
Maine Compass: Suicides a sign that communities are failing kids
Students are not taking their own lives because they are sad — they have a brain disease that needs treatment.
Jim Fossel: GOP should compromise, not surrender, on budget
They shouldn’t help pass a budget that doesn’t include major reforms.
Another View: Waterville must hold the line on spending
Higher taxes will drive people away.
Karen Heck: Budget choices a matter of right vs. wrong
Whatever your political persuasion, you have to believe that there is a moral arc to the universe bending toward justice.