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Editorials, Opinion

Our View: Trend of child labor violations demands greater vigilance

by The Editorial Board February 9, 2023February 8, 2023

In Maine as across the U.S., young workers are being drafted in where other workers won’t go.

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: We cannot be complacent about Maine youth cannabis use

by The Editorial Board February 1, 2023March 1, 2024

It’s time to counter the growing idea that it’s just not that dangerous for the still-developing brain.

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: ‘NIL’ policy a win for athletes at all levels

by The Editorial Board January 31, 2023January 30, 2023

Student-athletes in Maine may not get rich from endorsements, but there are still upsides to the changing landscape of amateur sports.

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: Democrats’ plan to expand abortion rights is not ‘extreme’

by The Editorial Board January 29, 2023January 28, 2023

Under no circumstances should cost or geography determine the rights of pregnant Mainers.

Editorials, Opinion

Another View: If Kevin McCarthy is serious about protecting the economy, he’d raise the debt ceiling

by Los Angeles Times Editorial Board January 28, 2023February 9, 2023

There’s no justifying brinkmanship in 2023, when policymakers are striving to head off a recession.

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Our View: At least one of the answers is blowing in the wind

by The Editorial Board January 25, 2023January 24, 2023

A new bill that promises to stimulate the development of offshore wind in the Gulf of Maine strikes all the right notes.

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: Welcome Corps a welcome development

by The Editorial Board January 24, 2023January 23, 2023

The new State Department program should help us to maximize our most precious resource: goodwill.

Editorials, Opinion

Another View: 2022 brought more heat and pollution. We’re still careening toward climate disaster.

by Los Angeles Times Editorial Board January 23, 2023January 22, 2023

House Republicans spent some of their first several days in power going ballistic over a nonexistent ban on gas stoves. If that is any indication of what’s to come, they will try to obstruct climate action instead of acting to protect the American people.