Making Maine a presidential primary state and expanding ranked-choice voting will restore faith in the process.
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How big should a clam get? Maine eyes new harvest rules.
Lawmakers will consider a proposal designed to boost the state’s sagging clam harvest, but clammers and conservationists are already divided about the idea.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine should pass aid-in-dying law
At the end of life, people should be allowed to chose care that reduces suffering, even if it also hastens their death.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Jim Fossel: Local-option tax wrong direction for Maine
Stuck in the minority, Republicans can only call attention to the overreach by the Democratic majority.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Local-option tax would drive up local spending
Municipal governments should set priorities, not further burden the middle class.
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Lawmakers endorse ban on oil and gas drilling off Maine’s coast
But some question the value of a bill to prohibit oil and gas exploration in state-owned waters that are devoid of oil and gas reserves.
Posted inMaine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion
Maine Voices: CMP corridor’s climate claims don’t hold up to scrutiny
The Maine DEP should do an independent review of the proposal’s impact on greenhouse-gas emissions.
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Portland sick-leave mandate would undercut local employers’ generous benefits
Employees at Wex, Maine Med, Unum, Northern Light Mercy Hospital and MEMIC would lose the flexibility of paid time off.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News, Uncategorized
Maine House votes to ban foam food, beverage containers statewide
The bill, which faces additional votes in both the House and Senate, follow bans enacted in several Maine communities.
Posted inBusiness, Local & State, News, Politics, Schools and Education
Lawmakers endorse bill to protect student loan borrowers
Sen. Eloise Vitelli’s proposal for a ‘Student Loan Bill of Rights’ move to the House and Senate with unanimous committee support.