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Editorials
Our View: Vote ‘yes’ on Question 3 for the good of historic buildings around Maine
We lose sight of and lose out on the value of our shared history without taking care to protect it.
Our View: Vote ‘yes’ on Question 1 to send an important message
If Maine can play a leading role in bringing some order and fairness to political spending nationally, we should seize the chance.
Our View: Vote ‘yes’ on Question 2 if you care about business
Investing in and expanding its industries is crucial in helping Maine remain competitive in a rapidly growing economy.
View from Away: It’s too late for Kamala Harris to play tough on immigration
Vice President Kamala Harris ticked off her presidential campaign checklist with a visit to the southern border last week. She talked with members of the Border Patrol and made boilerplate promises of getting tough on immigration. Sorry, Kamala, you don’t get points for promising to close the barn door after the horses have escaped. Harris, […]
Our View: Standards for care of disabled kids have slipped out of sight
The neglect of Maine’s most vulnerable children is now the subject of a federal lawsuit. When can we expect evidence of reform?
View from Away: Helene’s 500 miles of wreckage and devastation should bring howls of fury at leaders’ folly
The storms speak and their voices are growing more violent, more vehement. This storm — Helene — may be the most furious yet. It raked glancing blows through the Caribbean and along Mexico’s coast before slamming into Florida’s Big Bend at Category 4, with 140 mph sustained winds that tore buildings into scraps of wood […]
Our View: Good climate policy depends on consensus
Efforts from the ground up won’t work without firm commitment from the top down.
Our View: Let’s end squeamishness about beach access
Public use of intertidal areas in Maine simply should not – still – be such a hard-fought battle.
Our View: Brunswick spill a ‘never again’ moment for Maine
The more detail emerges about the circumstances of the spill, the more obvious it is that we need a far more rigorous approach to public health and safety … and to PFAS.