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If more people are on Medicaid, why are Maine hospitals giving away more care for free?

The financial health of Maine’s hospitals has landed at the center of State House debate this spring as lawmakers tussle over whether Maine should expand ...
Maine Speaker of the House Mark W. Eves, D-North Berwick, speaks during a press conference delivering the Democratic response to Gov. Paul LePage's State of the State address Tuesday Feb. 5, 2013.
EDITORIALS

A better way to help people escape welfare

House Speaker Mark Eves’ “Ticket to Work” legislation, LD 1343, is a timely attempt to address the new sense of urgency a 60-month lifetime eligibility ...
VIDEO

Angus King shares his view of IRS scandal

Independent Maine Sen. Angus King talked recently about how the Internal Revenue Services singled out conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status for extra scrutiny. What ...
Flags and markings on the streets and sidewalks of Boutelle Road in Bangor indicate underground natural gas lines.
EDITORIALS

Problems at the threshold of Maine energy reform

Lawmakers are currently considering an omnibus bill that could give the state new, unprecedented authority within the New England natural gas and electricity markets. The ...
LETTERS

Saturday, May 18, 2013: Bangor library, student contact and plastic waste

Development questions What happened to Plum Creek‘s real estate development plans for the area around Moosehead Lake? What happened to what could have been the ...

The MaineCare black hole

Here is a fact that is simply inarguable: Maine hospitals are owed $450 million. Here is another fact that is inarguable: That debt was caused ...
This is the gravestone of Adnan al Qadhi who was killed in a U.S. drone strike in the village of Beit al Ahmar, Yemen, on November 7, 2012. The grave stone described him as a martyr and noting his death &quotby American drone," but makes no apparent reference to his alleged ties to Al Qaida in the Arabian Peninusla. Family and neighbors believe Qadhi, a prominent local figure, could have been captured alive but doubt he was doing anything clandestine on behalf of AQAP.
OTHER VOICES

Revising the terms of war against al-Qaida

The Obama administration’s political and legal authority to wage war against al-Qaida has steadily eroded. Both liberal and conservative members of Congress have challenged the ...
Rep. Victoria Kornfield
CONTRIBUTORS

Stand up for education, vote down LePage budget

As a retired educator and a parent, I know how important it is to provide children with high-quality education. Mainers agree that education is vital ...
FILE - In this Aug. 9, 1974 black-and-white file photo, President Richard M. Nixon and his wife Pat Nixon are shown standing together in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Thirty-six years after Nixon testified secretly to a grand jury investigating Watergate, a federal judge orders the first public release of the transcript.
CONTRIBUTORS

Scandals, real and imagined

I was 12 years old during Sam Ervin’s Watergate hearings, and watched them over the course of a long, hot summer, a time when I ...

Friday, May 17, 2013: Raw milk, haircut tax and education consolidation

Playing the sympathy card I have been following the sale ...
DOWNEAST TO DC (blog)

Snowe’s whirlwind tour to promote “Fighting for Common Ground”

Former U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe, whose book “Fighting for Common ...
RESEARCH SHOWS (blog)

What a Difference a Month Makes: Envisioning Legislative Response to the Governor’s Veto

by Prof. Emily Shaw, Thomas College, originally posted on the ...
CONTRIBUTORS

Help businesses cut costs with energy efficiency

We represent three of the 252 Maine businesses that wrote ...
DANA MILBANK

US president passerby is asleep at the wheel

President Passerby needs urgently to become a participant in his ...
CONTRIBUTORS

Working moms deserve a break

On Mother’s Day, moms across Maine were treated to breakfast ...

Thursday, May 16, 2013: The American melting pot, health care and patients’ rights

Consider supporting center The Fort Fairfield Quality of Place Council ...

Wednesday, May 15, 2013: Dental care, east-west transportation and tar sands

Complex dental practice I am a young dentist practicing in ...
KATHLEEN PARKER

Benghazi redacted

Mistakes were made. This, we are supposed to accept, is ...
CONTRIBUTORS

Reject LePage’s tax shift to property owners

Gov. Paul LePage’s recent letter to municipalities regarding his budget ...
CONTRIBUTORS

Constitutional officers should be accountable to Maine voters

Maine’s official state motto is Dirigo, which means “I lead.” ...
LETTERS

Tuesday, May 14, 2013: Gun owners, nanny state and teachers

Responsible gun owners What possessed a Kentucky father to purchase ...

Danby Ink

Letters to the Editor

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