The pandemic has made it glaringly obvious that this country needs universal single-payer health care. We spend more per capita on health care than other wealthy nations and get less coverage for our dollar. According to the U.S. News & World Report, the U.S. ranks 15th in best public health care systems worldwide and the […]
Election 2020
Posted inBill Nemitz, Local & State, Op-eds, Opinion
Bill Nemitz: As the fools in Washington speak, the guns in Maine multiply
Trump administration official Michael Caputo needs a time out. So do Mainers who are frantically stocking up on firearms.
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Posted inElection 2020, Elections, Local & State, News, Politics
Poll shows Gideon with large lead over Collins, but leaves out 2 independent candidates
The Quinnipiac University survey shows the Democrat up 54% to 42% over Sen. Susan Collins, but pollsters didn’t ask about independents Lisa Savage and Max Linn.
Posted inElection 2020, Local & State, Politics
Eric Trump to campaign in Maine and New Hampshire on Thursday
President Trump’s son Eric will hold events in Saco and Portsmouth, N.H.
Posted inLakes Region Weekly
Letter: Austin loves her country, hometown
Many times in my travels I have seen Susan Austin on her daily walk sporting the American flag in her hand, waving it proudly as I drive by. Not only does she love her country but also her hometown of Gray. I know this because it is very obvious the way she appears at every […]
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Legislative free-for-all gives Democrats 24 uncontested seats
For the first time since 1998, more than 30 seats in the Maine Legislature will go to candidates, mostly Democrats, who face no opposition in November.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Trump tax cut was neither boon nor bane
Ignore the campaign claims on both sides. The 2017 law didn’t favor the rich or boost the economy. (It did pump up the deficit, but how many voters care about that?)
Posted inElection 2020, Nation & World, News, Politics
Trump denies downplaying virus, casts doubt on mask usage
In a televised town hall, the president is defensive but not agitated when pressed on his administration’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Biden courts Latino voters in 1st trip to Florida as nominee
A poll released last week found Latinos in the state about evenly divided between President Trump and Joe Biden.
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Requests for absentee ballots in Maine approach 200,000
The latest numbers from Maine’s secretary of state suggest voters will cast a record number of absentee ballots in 2020.