Here it is, simply: The Maine public needs more information. Not less.
Editorials
Our View: Keeping kids in poverty is our choice. What’s it going to be?
The expanded child tax credit pulled millions of kids out of poverty before expiring. It can do so again.
Our View: Gov. Mills must outline thinking on tribal rights
The governor’s opposition to proposals like the latest one, involving tribal treaty language in the state Constitution, has been more or less sustained. Equally sustained is bafflement as to why.
Our View: Maine delegation needs to be louder on asylum seeker work authorization
Recent reporting proves our state, in particular, can’t wait any longer for a rule change.
Our View: School hoax transcripts should be released without delay
The Maine Department of Public Safety either needs to release redacted transcripts of the 911 calls or provide a detailed reason for not releasing them.
Another View: Supreme Court should not remove lifeline for those drowning in student debt
While solving the problem will involve other measures – including reducing the costs of higher education and more emphasis on non-college opportunities – loan forgiveness is critical.
Our View: The retirement age should not be raised
Raising the retirement age would remove a lot of financial pressure felt by Congress. For the average American, it would be disastrous.
Our View: Hey, Legislature, leave those cats alone
A proposal to include domestic felines in Maine’s animal trespass law is ruffling feathers – and rightly so.
Our View: If only a constitutional housing provision could provide homes
A spiritual gesture is no match for Maine’s material crisis. Plus: Why UMaine must proceed cautiously with remote learning.
Our View: Maine’s record-low governor pay is a shortsighted antiquity
Let’s be thrifty in ways that make sense. And appropriately remunerate work that matters.