The facts compiled by the House committee are clear, yet Republican leaders and millions of voters choose to believe otherwise.
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Our View: Emergency interventions on homelessness bound to have flaws
This deep into the crisis, this late in the year, inaction on providing shelter to Mainers in need is not an option.
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Here are the editorial board’s endorsements on Portland’s 13 ballot questions
Questions on the Nov. 8 ballot cover everything from short-term rentals to a ‘strong mayor.’ How did we get here?
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Our View: Mills, lawmakers have obligation to aid legal system for low-income Mainers
Maine’s governor seems hesitant to call a special session. She should reconsider.
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Our View: Wabanaki past and present an integral part of the Maine story
A new report shows that a 20-year-old Maine law mandating Indigenous studies is not being followed.
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Another View: Democrats should scuttle the debt ceiling before America hits the fiscal brink
The debt ceiling has routinely been raised over the years, a process that used to be uncontroversial. In today’s deeply divided Congress, that has changed.
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Another View: The public shouldn’t have to sue to get public information
The Freedom of Information Act remains a powerful but flawed law, with disclosure from some agencies coming only after legal action.
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Our View: Abortion rights are on the ballot. The Supreme Court put them there
Republicans, including Paul LePage, want to talk about anything else. But the end of Roe v. Wade means reproductive rights are in jeopardy.
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Another View: Trump’s latest violent, racist rhetoric cues usual Republican crickets
The wall of silence regarding his rant about Mitch McConnell’s and McConnell’s wife, Elaine Chao, is both pathetic and chilling.
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Another View: Link between Hurricane Ian, climate change is undeniable
If events like this don’t rally Americans to the cause of essentially warding off future disaster, then we will lose far more lives than were lost in Florida this past week.