Americans across the country rely on Maine’s senior U.S. senator to act as the calm, pragmatic voice of reason they can trust to focus on results over rhetoric in Washington, and now they’re counting on Maine voters to do the same. In an age of polarizing politics and backroom deals, a senator who can earn […]

Esther Wigley just finished paying off her medical bills – from 2017. Wigley, a Medicare recipient from Scranton, Pa., is now working to pay off bills from 2018 and 2019. And as she looks ahead to her 2020 tab, she fears she might be in for some serious and painful choices. “It’s not an exaggeration […]

Vote Arford I am writing to encourage voters in District 49 to cast their ballot for Poppy Arford. Though our lives took similar paths, we never had the chance to get to know each other until this past spring while running against each other in the District 49 Democratic primary. It might seem like a […]

Our preoccupation with a U.S. Supreme Court appointment is another signal – if one were needed – that the three branches of government are badly out of balance. For decades, the legislative branches – federal and state – have ceded ground to the executive, to presidents and governors. That we rely so heavily on the […]

Disturbed by porcupine killings Of the creatures that we live among in our Maine communities, porcupines are about the most docile. Have you ever seen them move? They merely waddle along, nearly as slow as a tortoise, even when threatened. Of the role models we live among in our Maine communities, police officers are generally […]