Last year we celebrated Independence Day too soon. We should use this Memorial Day to remember what can happen.
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Our View: President Biden and Gov. Mills don’t control gas prices
Voters should not believe Republicans who want to exploit geopolitical crises for political gain.
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Our View: Federal immigration failures create local crisis in Maine
Gridlock in Washington has exacerbated suffering for people who are only trying to survive.
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Our View: Putting more guns on the street was a choice
Congress could have restricted the gun supply after the Sandy Hook massacre in 2012, but instead they let the same thing happen again.
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Our View: University system damaged by chancellor’s missteps
Dannel Malloy was supposed to bring political savvy to a key leadership job, but instead he’s made a lot of enemies.
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Our View: Auburn leads in housing development
The city and its Republican mayor show that lowering housing costs through zoning reform doesn’t have to be a partisan battle.
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Our View: Pepper-spray device poor choice for Maine group’s innovation honor
A consumer-market mobile crowd-control system unnecessarily exploits social division.
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Our View: ‘Great replacement’ lie runs deep in Republican politics
Party leaders tolerate radical anti-immigrant ideology, even as it motivates racist massacres like last weekend’s mass shooting in Buffalo.
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Our View: Affordable housing shortage as destructive as wildfire
Out of control rents are attracting speculative investors who want to raise them even higher.
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Our View: UMaine System chancellor losing trust following errors at UMA, UMF
So far, Dannel Malloy’s explanations for the errors have been incomplete, and his interactions with students and faculty underwhelming, and at times dishonest.