Without intervention to create affordable housing, moderate-income people will be forced to live elsewhere.
Our View
Our View: Crackdown looks to keep Portland’s renters safe
Going to court to hold landlords accountable ensures that code violations aren’t ignored.
Our View: For low-level drug offenders, treatment better than jail
Maine officials should give close consideration to funding a pilot proposal that would get addicts off the streets.
Our View: New food stamp test will have high cost for Maine’s needy
Setting a $5,000 asset limit for childless applicants could discourage them from saving money and deter the truly eligible from seeking aid.
Our View: Cuts alone won’t fix UMaine System
The chancellor’s ‘One University’ approach makes sense for a small state that can’t afford excess.
Our View: Collins, King should fight government shutdown plans
A manufactured scandal over funding for Planned Parenthood should not set the agenda.
Our View: Crisis building as baby boomers hit retirement age
Maine should support the strengthening of Social Security and adopt policies that lower living costs for its growing senior population.
Our View: Gov. LePage continues anti-immigrant rhetoric with ‘sanctuary city’ jab at Portland
With General Assistance still in the Maine Republicans’ crosshairs, fair-minded Mainers should advocate for asylum seekers.
Our View: Land for Maine’s Future too vulnerable to governor’s whims
The structure of the popular conservation program should be changed so one person can’t stall it unilaterally.
Our View: Long emergency-room stay points up lack of preventive care
Maine fails to take steps that could keep more people from experiencing mental health crises.