Maine’s background check loophole makes it hard to keep weapons out of abusers’ hands.
Our View
Our View: Proposed Maine SNAP junk food ban targets only part of problem
Barring the use of food stamps to buy empty-calorie fare won’t help those with few other affordable and accessible choices.
Our View: Bill on abortion-clinic rules creates hidden obstacles
There is a national movement to interfere with women who want to legally end a pregnancy.
Our View: Proposed Maine ‘revenge porn’ law requires narrow target
A carefully crafted bill will provide safeguards for victims of online abuse while still protecting freedom of expression.
Our View: Governor should stand up to exploitative ‘investors’
Maine should not honor deals disguised as fair through the use of accounting gimmicks.
Our View: Finding funds to test, treat tainted water is a critical state issue
Many of the tens of thousands of Mainers who are drinking from wells with harmful levels of arsenic can’t afford remediation.
Our View: Services for homeless kids in Maine have big long-term payoff
Greater state outreach to homeless students will help them grow into productive adults.
Our View: LePage shouldn’t try to bully Maine’s tribes
The governor is adding fuel to what is already a volatile relationship between sovereigns.
Our View: Payday loan limits pose quandary for Poliquin
The new rules will benefit constituents – but not the firms that have been his biggest donors.
Our View: Guns deliver peril as well as protection
An excessive concern for safety can be dangerous, as the North Yarmouth bee farm murder shows.