The Build Back Better plan includes a price negotiation system for prescription drugs, and all of Maine’s congressional delegation should support it.
Editorials
View from Away: New report about Jan. 6 is a crucial reality check regarding an attempted coup
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (TNS)
Our View: Post-COVID, let’s build schools that work for everyone
The pandemic revealed longstanding inequities and left many students behind. It’s a challenge for schools, but also an opportunity.
Our View: After decisive vote, power line construction should halt – at least for now
The future of the project is now further in doubt, and work should stop until it is resolved.
Our View: Distrust of CMP not just a problem for the company
We won’t be able to build the energy infrastructure we need if utilities and regulators can’t recapture public confidence.
Our View: Eighteen months into pandemic, health care workers still answering call
A relative few refused to take the vaccine. The rest will be left to deal with COVID, as they have since early 2020.
Our View: Remy’s passing feels like a death in the family
First as a player and then as a broadcaster, Jerry Remy was part of the regional obsession known as Red Sox Nation for more than 40 years.
Our Endorsements: The editorial board weighs in on 2021 races
We offer our opinions on three questions on the state ballot and local races in Portland.
Our View: Reforming child protection system just part of the answer
To really help kids and their families, we need to ask bigger questions about why so many need it.
View from Away: Rolling back labor and environmental protections won’t fix supply chain disruptions
Los Angeles Times (TNS)