Saving customers a few cents would not be worth further damaging the state’s credibility as a business partner.
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Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Gov. LePage’s veto threatens strained Maine child welfare system
In the wake of two young girls’ tragic deaths, legislators should reaffirm their support for a program that’s effective at identifying and helping at-risk kids.
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Our View: Complaints about Long Creek point to bigger problem
A system of community-based treatment programs, not a prison environment, would help troubled Maine young people develop the skills they’ll need to re-enter society.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Climate change policy: Pretend it doesn’t exist
As a deep current that normally cools the Gulf of Maine reaches a record-high temperature, the White House escalates its war on science.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine lawmakers are right to go slow on marijuana regulation
Limiting the size of home grows to three plants is a modest step in the right direction and it should be celebrated, not attacked.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: LePage-era foot-dragging blocks access to treatment
The Legislature needs to act, or Maine will continue to do nothing in the face of a crisis.
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Our View: Government dysfunction is the tea party’s legacy
LePage and Fredette feed on populist anger but can’t deliver anything for the people.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Debate over – no winners in a chaotic primary
The courts won’t save lawmakers who don’t like ranked-choice voting from doing their jobs.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Barbara Bush didn’t just visit Maine – she lived here
As a longtime summer resident, the former first lady joined communities and helped people she easily could have ignored.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Heavy volume straining space for letters to the editor in print
Too many good letters were not getting read at all, until we started publishing some only online.