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Letter to the editor: More songbirds or more browntail moths?

June 6, 2023June 5, 2023

More songbirds or more browntail moths? Bath is replacing old streetlights with LEDs, as communities have been doing for a decade. Over that time, lighting technology has advanced rapidly. Our understanding of harmful effects from bluer LEDs also increased. In January, a 12-year study in the journal Science demonstrated that light pollution is increasing five […]

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: Vote ‘no’ on Portland rent control Question A

by The Editorial Board June 6, 2023June 5, 2023

The change to the rent control ordinance sought by a group of city landlords would exacerbate already-serious housing market dysfunction.

Op-eds, Opinion

Commentary: Bills call for responsible development of Maine’s offshore wind industry

by Maureen Drouin and Francis Eanes Special to the Press Herald June 6, 2023June 5, 2023

L.D. 1818 and L.D. 1895 will put our priorities and our ideals into law and ensure that offshore wind is implemented in a way that doesn’t compromise our state’s values.

Op-eds, Opinion

Commentary: As future ob-gyns, we believe paid leave will lead to happier, healthier Maine families

by Dr. Annika Hikade Special to the Press Herald June 6, 2023June 6, 2023

Paid family and medical leave will foster a stronger, more satisfied labor force by providing an attractive incentive for young people to live and work in Maine and protecting against women exiting the workforce altogether.

Editorials, Opinion

Another View: In Trump vs. DeSantis in Iowa, Disney is the punching bag. So much for serious debate

by The Miami Herald Editorial Board June 5, 2023June 2, 2023

Voters need candidates who address real issues, not concocted ones.

Maine Voices, Opinion

Maine Voices: Packing up in preparation for the next school year

by Todd R. Nelson Special to the Press Herald June 5, 2023June 2, 2023

Students leave in June, carrying all they’ve experienced and learned into a new neighborhood called September.

Times Record Opinion

The Conversation: COVID-19 clawbacks, spending caps and a cut — what House Republicans got in return for pushing the U.S. to the brink of default

by Raymond Scheppach University of Virginia June 4, 2023June 4, 2023

THE CONVERSATION — House Republicans pushed the U.S. to the edge of a fiscal crisis because they wanted deep cuts in government spending. So, based on the deal President Joe Biden signed into law on June 3, 2023, how did they do? In broad strokes, the deal suspends the debt limit until January 2025, freezes nondefense discretionary funding […]