In attempting to eliminate older Mainers’ property tax burden, we’ve created a burden of a different kind.
Editorials
View from Away: Social media must self-police for violence to preserve its unique value
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (TNS)
Our View: No longer just a crisis but an indefensible failure
The more we neglect legal representation for people who can’t pay for it, the more painful the cost – social and financial – to the state of Maine.
View from Away: Forgiving student loans is a costly mistake
Bloomberg Opinion (TNS)
Our View: We cannot forget about long COVID
The federal government isn’t working fast enough to find solutions to this debilitating illness.
Our View: The acceptable level of ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water is zero
The sooner Maine’s standards reflect this, the better, recent findings at more than half a dozen schools show.
Our View: School districts shouldn’t yield to book-banning minority
Students can handle difficult discussions, and a few parents shouldn’t be able to deny them those lessons.
Our View: Byzantine medical billing calls for narrow policy focus
As we explore the possibility of a new system, we owe it to ourselves to clear up the one we’ve got.
View from Away: Austin Tice was taken hostage in Syria 10 years ago. Joe Biden must bring him home
McClatchy Washington Bureau (TNS)
Our View: Use obscene oil profits to heat homes this winter
People in Maine and elsewhere shouldn’t struggle to buy essentials while multinational corporations make record profits.