Along New England’s coast, we make our living from the ocean, plan vacations to enjoy the ocean and understand that our economic fate is closely tied to a healthy ocean. Read More
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King offers the smart, moderate representation that Maine needs in the Senate. He should be voters’ first choice on the Nov. 6 ballot. Read More
In politics, for some reason, we never stop believing the boy about there being a wolf Read More
Political commentators do a lot of deploring of polarization these days. Read More
Mills will be a check on efforts to roll back legal abortion, undo protections for gay and transgender people and economic policies that favor the wealthy over working people. Read More
This project would impact Maine utility customers and taxpayers, as well as the state’s economy, for decades to come. Read More
If any further proof is needed to show that expanding Medicaid works to improve the health and well-being of low-income working people, a look at what is happening in Kentucky and Arkansas offers important evidence. Read More
EIA forecasts that average U.S. household expenditures for most major home heating fuels will be higher this winter compared with last winter. Most of the increase reflects higher forecast energy prices. U.S. average heating degree days are expected to be 1% higher than last winter. However, realized expenditures… Read More
The president, a missing journalist and and arms deal. Read More
Mary Mayhew gets a gig in the Trump administration before LePage does…interesting. Read More
Reformers pushing to make college educations more affordable today must be mindful that the changes they make could have unanticipated consequences. Read More
Arab governments have been given free rein to continue silencing the media at an increasing rate. Read More
Elizabeth Warren's DNA stunt was such a blunder: She took Trump's DNA-test dare and let him divide us — again — by race and ethnicity, just as he did when he goaded President Barack Obama to prove his legitimacy by producing his birth certificate. Read More
In voting, it doesn’t really matter which party you register with on paper. Read More
Khashoggi’s disappearance must lead to accountability and consequences. Read More
The evening cocktail has become less an aperitif than a medicinal slug made necessary by the alternative of ripping off my face. Read More
There was only one plausible outcome in the long, tortured saga of Sears Holdings Corp., and it has finally arrived. Read More
I offer this caution to each of my veteran sisters and brothers: Remember that we are better than giving in to raw emotion. Please exercise self-care and do something good for yourselves. Read More
Population can be a touchy subject. Add the word “control” and it gets toxic. The discussion quickly degenerates into charges of eugenics, misogyny and worse. But it wasn’t always so. Read More
This past week was a grim one in climate history, by any measure. Read More
The “Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5C” contains terrifying forecasts about what will happen when we reach an average global temperature 1.5 degrees C higher than the pre-industrial average. Read More
I don’t know about you, but I’ve got Wednesday, Nov. 7, circled on my calendar. That’s the day after Election Day when all the political ads expire, the lawn signs come down and the robo-calls cease and desist. Read More
That crowd gathering in Maine isn't for a sporting event or to buy lottery tickets. No, the scrum consists of potential challengers to Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine. Read More
All because the world inevitably will get one to two degrees warmer in just a few years. Read More
Rising e-cigarette use by children makes the marketing of this product especially deserving of close attention. Read More
With the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, some are wondering: Will Roe v. Wade, the landmark case recognizing a woman’s right to choose to terminate a pregnancy, continue to be the law of the land? Read More
The Poliquin-Golden race is one of the most expensive races in 2018, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. Read More
Without a final arbiter that both sides recognize, American democracy can’t function. Read More
With an aging population and fewer adults making the decision to have children, the resources we provide young families now is more important than ever. Read More
President Donald Trump seldom waits for the facts before rendering judgment. But when it comes to the disappearance of Washington Post contributor Jamal Khashoggi, allegedly killed by Saudi Arabia in Turkey, Trump has been strangely reticent. Read More
