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Jim Fossel: Maine Legislature still has a lot of work to do

by Jim Fossel March 29, 2020March 28, 2020

Current rates of spending won’t be sustainable, and lawmakers will have to come back to work before the 2020 election.

by Gail Donovan Special to the Telegram March 29, 2020March 28, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic is the kind of major life event that changes your worldview.

by Victoria Hugo-Vidal March 29, 2020March 28, 2020

A drafty old farmhouse becomes a port in a storm for dislocated college students.

by The Baltimore Sun March 28, 2020March 27, 2020

Those doubling down on the choice of the economy over individuals are those most at risk from the virus’ complications.

by Gina Barreca Hartford Courant March 28, 2020March 27, 2020

Jokes, mockery and humor are confessions of worry over COVID-19, and mirth provides a collective atonement.

by Robert Skoglund March 28, 2020March 27, 2020

The man we elected to lead our country is putting money ahead of people during a deadly public health crisis.

by Shawn Weinstein Special to the Press Herald March 28, 2020March 27, 2020

Because health care corporations didn’t prepare, a nurse and her colleagues wonder every day whether they’ll bring home the deadly virus.

by The Editorial Board March 27, 2020March 26, 2020

With each day that the federal government does not adequately respond to COVID-19, the future cost grows greater.

by Dr. Matthew Wetherell Special to the Press Herald March 27, 2020March 26, 2020

The U.S. must hear from a health care expert who commands the nation’s respect, as the surgeon general did in the AIDS epidemic.

by Daniel Brennan Special to the Press Herald March 27, 2020March 26, 2020

Lenders and landlords should work with newly jobless borrowers and tenants on payment plans that will keep the roof over their heads.