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Maine Voices: Go back to the future in filling Supreme Court vacancies

by Jim Bailinson Special to the Press Herald September 24, 2020September 24, 2020

We need to encourage bipartisanship by restoring the 60-vote threshold for advancing nominations to the high court.

by The Editorial Board September 24, 2020September 23, 2020

The state is a leader when it comes to inclusive voting laws, with one important exception.

by Leonard Pitts Jr. The Miami Herald September 23, 2020September 23, 2020

While ‘Black on Black crime’ is, at least sometimes, punished, Police-on-Black crime seldom is.

by Pious Ali Special to the Press Herald September 23, 2020September 24, 2020

They’ll be empowered to do bigger and better things for Maine and to participate in the democratic process.

by The Editorial Board September 23, 2020September 22, 2020

As the U.S. surpasses 200,000 deaths from the virus, the president says that it ‘affects virtually nobody.’

by Stephen F. Loebs Special to the Press Herald September 23, 2020September 29, 2020

Arguments in the case will be heard Nov. 10; if the Supreme Court rejects the ACA, nearly 100,000 Mainers will lose coverage.

There is a substantive policy debate in Maine’s U.S. Senate race, but it’s between Democrat Sara Gideon and independent Lisa Savage.

by Ranu S. Dhillon and Abraar Karan Special to the Washington Post September 20, 2020September 16, 2020

We can’t stop the pandemic unless we have better data about where and why it’s spreading.

by The Editorial Board September 20, 2020September 19, 2020

As work gets more mobile, we will need to invest in infrastructure that will bring jobs here. This isn’t a problem that the market will solve.

Conflict between the party’s progressive left wing and its liberal center is not going away.