One of the more interesting items still kicking around Congress is Sen. Joe Manchin’s bill described as “permitting reform,” which sounds boring, but is anything but. Rather, it involves an issue of huge consequence: Whether we can rise to the challenge of climate change, or whether we will keep delaying needed infrastructure. In most news […]
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Tom Purcell: Hey Congress, quit fiddling with our clocks
With the “fall back” clock change coming soon, one thing makes me especially grumpy and confused. Last March, the Senate passed a bill that would make daylight saving time a year-round standard and end the “fall back” and “spring forward” clock changes that make Americans even groggier and crabbier than we usually are. But the […]
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Commentary: Portland’s Question 2 hands too much power to a single politician
Urging a ‘no’ vote, two former mayors say the governance proposal would dramatically restructure city government in harmful ways.
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Our View: Let’s keep a close eye on Maine’s retail ‘green rush’
How many cannabis dispensaries is too many cannabis dispensaries? We’ll find out soon enough.
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Commentary: Biden administration offers thoughts and prayers on equal rights amendment. Can it do more?
In fact, it’s the direct responsibility of the administration to publish the 28th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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Leonard Pitts: Let’s not be too smug about how Iran oppresses women
There is an understanding among men that women’s bodies are community property, ours to regulate, approve, criticize and use as we see fit.
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Letters to the editor: The plastic pollution crisis; hearing help
The plastic pollution crisis I’m a college student from Southern Maine, and I’m writing regarding the plastic pollution crisis. My goal in writing this letter is to spread awareness from a student’s perspective, and to call attention to steps that Maine can take to reduce plastic waste in our environment.I was pleased to read that […]
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Carl Golden: Immigration a top issue again ahead of the midterms
Immigration has muscled its way into the top four issues in the midterm elections, joining inflation, cost of living, violent crime and abortion rights as potential turning points in the control of Congress. Its emergence has come amid accusations of hypocrisy and inhumane treatment, as well as threats of criminal investigations. The arrival on Martha’s […]
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Sen. Eloise Vitelli: As weather gets colder, resources are available to help Mainers
The seasons seem to change slowly but then all at once. There’s no denying that our mornings and evenings are cooler, and our daylight hours are shorter. Autumn is with us once again. Many of us are excited for apple picking and weather that’s perfect for simmering soups and baking pies. It’s also the season […]
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Our View: A not-so-gentle reminder of how Paul LePage governs
LePage’s antics and anger got in the way of progress during his two terms in office. As he runs for a third nonconsecutive term, it appears nothing has changed.