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Rep. Terry: Hardworking Mainers should receive a ‘cost of living refund’

by Maureen Terry Special to the Press Herald April 24, 2019April 23, 2019

L.D. 1491 would replace the Maine earned income tax credit with a bigger credit available to more people.

by Dave "Stretch" Tuemmler Special to the Press Herald April 18, 2019April 17, 2019

Thanks to the U.S. House shake-up, the conversation is moving from saving Obamacare to strengthening it.

by Associated Press April 12, 2019April 12, 2019

The state’s first female governor signed the legislation Friday afternoon to improve pay equality in Maine.

by Michael Hillard and Mark R. Swann Special to the Press Herald March 25, 2019March 25, 2019

Like many other Mainers with low-wage jobs, students are one unexpected expense away from having no money for food or rent.

U.S. schools must place more importance on that ideal – that each student has dignity and worth – than on college placement.

by By VICTORIA HUGO-VIDAL March 17, 2019March 17, 2019

It’s a wonderful feeling having someone fighting for my interests in our government.

by KATHERINE K. LEE Web Editor March 17, 2019March 17, 2019

It’s not minority kids who are taking undeserved spaces in college. It’s those who got in through affirmative action for the rich.

After palms are greased to get kids into college, who will have to be bribed to ensure they graduate?

by THE EDITORIAL BOARD March 13, 2019March 12, 2019

It’s time to close a loophole that’s costing 28,000 Mainers time-and-a-half pay.

by Joyce Wilson-Sanford Special to the Press Herald March 12, 2019March 11, 2019

At work, at play, in our politics and in our faith, we’re living in a time of extremes.