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Our View: Maine’s record-low governor pay is a shortsighted antiquity

by The Editorial Board February 27, 2023February 27, 2023

Let’s be thrifty in ways that make sense. And appropriately remunerate work that matters.

by The Editorial Board February 25, 2023February 24, 2023

The new national coalition of governors represents 170 million people. Good, and good on Gov. Mills for including Mainers in that number.

by The Editorial Board February 17, 2023February 17, 2023

Pre-COVID levels of food assistance are simply no match for a ‘post-COVID’ world.

by The Editorial Board February 9, 2023February 9, 2023

In Maine as across the U.S., young workers are being drafted in where other workers won’t go.

by The Editorial Board February 1, 2023March 1, 2024

It’s time to counter the growing idea that it’s just not that dangerous for the still-developing brain.

by The Editorial Board January 25, 2023January 25, 2023

A new bill that promises to stimulate the development of offshore wind in the Gulf of Maine strikes all the right notes.

by The Editorial Board January 24, 2023January 24, 2023

The new State Department program should help us to maximize our most precious resource: goodwill.

by The Editorial Board January 22, 2023January 21, 2023

Attempts to block legal recourse for people in pain and anguish amount to retraumatizing secondary abuse.

by The Editorial Board January 19, 2023January 19, 2023

It’s no surprise that a data access referendum question will likely make it to the Maine ballot, but any vote in favor will be forcefully challenged.

by The Editorial Board January 16, 2023January 16, 2023

Beware the chasm between real steps toward racial equity and false steps. After that, beware the racist response to those steps.