Take the wood MDOT is cutting along Interstate 295 and give it to people who need firewood.
Alan Caron
Alan Caron: Kansas’ hard-learned lessons on taxes lost on Maine’s governor
The cuts don’t come from people who shouldn’t be on welfare but from kids who should be in school.
Alan Caron: The challenges and opportunities of climate change in Maine
Business, energy and environmental leaders are moving the dialogue from politics to pragmatism.
Alan Caron: Instead of wasting money on tax scams, we should invest in ourselves
Imagine if the $16 million wasted at Great Northern had been given to 1,000 small firms and startups.
Alan Caron: Great Northern mill tax scam is just the tip of the iceberg
Maine is giving away hundreds of millions of dollars each year, and politics is the problem.
Alan Caron: Law finally catches up with notorious egg magnate DeCoster – sort of
Efforts to rescue his Maine operation revealed a ruthless man who modeled himself on 19th-century robber barons and lived in a bubble.
Alan Caron: Agricultural renaissance will help rural Maine return to its roots
Young transplants are growing a vibrant network of farmers around healthy local and organic foods.
Alan Caron: An inability to apologize makes LePage one sorry governor
His refusal to admit he was wrong compounds the governor’s mistaken comments on Stephen King’s tax status.
Alan Caron: Proposed Maine right-to-work legislation is simply bad business
Unions have their problems, but there’s a reason they exist: They protect workers from abusive employers.
Alan Caron: Grass-roots solar initiatives aim to grow household producers
Solarize Freeport, in the Maine tradition, looks to bulk buying to make solar power more affordable.