Independents like Eliot Cutler haven’t proved they can win, but they could still affect the outcome.

Unemployment benefit extensions help, but job training and infrastructure investment are still needed.

Even if they smoke, Americans can’t escape thinking about what comes from lighting up.

Rep. Pingree is right to demand a real exit plan for troops in Afghanistan as a condition of support.

A LePage victory could send a message to our senators that Maine is not a moderate bastion.

The Charter Commission still has key decisions to make that could play big in November.

After months on the campaign trail, the hardest job is knowing how to get off the stage.

The real villian in the Gulf is our inablity to pass rational energy policy and kick the oil habit.