People who have cars will take the bus to avoid traffic and parking hassles as long as the service is reliable and convenient.
Our View
Our View: Fewer inmates will relieve pressure on jails
A legislative committee looking at jail funding should focus on initiatives that lowers the jail population.
Our View: Overall election spending is the real scandal
House Speaker Sara Gideon’s rule infraction is small compared with the perfectly legal way that money floods our politics.
Our View: Pedestrians should get our attention every day
Halloween has a lesson or 2 about making roads safer for everyone.
Our View: Americans deserve full story on Trump’s actions
The information the public has so far is damning, and a full, unobstructed impeachment inquiry is necessary to reveal the rest.
Our View: We are having the wrong debate over school meals eligibility
We should be talking about how to expand school meals, not arguing over whether students deserve them.
Our View: GDP growth alone won’t fix child poverty
One of the longest periods of economic growth has not helped poor children.
Our View: Rise in suicide among veterans proves vexing
As the rate continues to increase, the Department of Veterans Affairs is changing tactics, and we should all pay attention to the results.
Our View: Plenty of hope in fight against climate change
A generation that has seen the effects of global warming is now mobilizing politically.
Our View: No one is winning the U.S.-China trade war
That includes the Maine lobster and blueberry industries.