Expand assistance to include not just seniors but also low- and middle-income families and disabled residents, for starters.
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Opinion: Maine must fund invaluable family planning services
Family planning clinics offer more care and a greater variety of services than many of us realize.
Clarence Page: Trump loves free speech — as long as it’s his
The president’s administration has been ruthless in cracking down on everyone from protesters to the mainstream news media.
Clarence Page: Trump loves free speech, as long as it’s his
President Donald Trump and the GOP have called themselves the party of free speech. But since taking office, the president has been tightening up his definition of freedom like a hangman’s noose.
Opinion: Cannabis has changed. So must its legal classification.
Lumping cannabis in with drugs considered to have no medical value undermines patient access in Maine and beyond.
Opinion: USAID dismantling is illegal, cruel and chaotic
Congress needs to intervene now to stop this overreach.
Opinion: An important tool can keep Maine’s students safe
A new bill would equip schools with better means of threat assessment and management.
Rich Lowry: We’re going to need more ships
Starting from a minor position two decades ago, China is now the world’s premier shipbuilder — and it’s not even close.
Opinion: This is no time to turn our backs on each other
Politics must not stand in the way of friendship and connection.
Opinion: Support the true health care heroes — they’re in Gaza
As much as I appreciate hospital staffers here in Maine, my real heroes are those health care workers putting their lives on the line.