The incremental minimum wage increases are working, and until opponents can prove otherwise with clear data, there is no need to change the law. Read More
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Maine’s children should not be punished for their parents’ inability to provide meals for them. Read More
Beto O'Rourke is the newest celebrity politician. Read More
How did vaccines, a highly effective medical tool, become controversial? Read More
Pothole GPS. Read More
The preferable, if unlikely, way forward here is for Congress to fully reject Trump’s emergency declaration, scale back the extent that the presidency is empowered through the National Emergencies Act, and take another shot at more comprehensive immigration reform. Read More
For us, an overriding concern is ensuring that new large sources of clean, renewable energy are brought to the New England market. The NECEC is one part of this puzzle. Read More
Many voters consider themselves to be political moderates, not partisans on the right or left. To appeal for their votes, candidates claim they can “work across the aisle.” But do voters really favor political leaders who will sometimes vote in line with their wishes and sometimes… Read More
Sickness is making politics, at least this week. Read More
The Electoral College itself rests upon an incoherent theory of political justice Read More
If the goal is to reduce taxes and make it easier to live in Maine, spend less money; it’s that simple. Mills’ budget moves Maine in the opposite direction. Read More
Brexit is almost entirely an English nationalist project, and the Brexiteers just ignored the fact that leaving the EU would sabotage the Good Friday deal by creating a hard border in Ireland. Read More
Rather than accusing every successful nonwhite student from an elite school of getting preferential treatment, appropriate skepticism should be directed at children of the super-rich who managed to get into elite schools despite less-than-sterling-grades. Read More
Addressing the push and pull factors would undo much of the damage from former policies and alleviate the chaos at our border. Read More
White privilege is real, and this recent cheating scandal attests to that fact. Read More
For many Mainers, figuring out how to pay for abortion care quickly becomes an obstacle. Read More
Air travelers nervous about flying on a Boeing 737 after two crashes in close succession might take comfort in thinking of airplanes as herd animals: There is some safety in numbers. Read More
These indictments are not a scandal. Rather, they are a symptom of the real issue that our country needs to address. Read More
This is how far Republicans will go in submissiveness to President Trump: They will vote to surrender military spending projects in their own home states and districts to avoid displeasing him. Read More
Many of our outspoken people in the news, in entertainment and the general public, on all sides of the political spectrum, are not making America great again. Not even close. Read More
As it is on a lot of things, the Democrats' message is jumbled on the question of impeachment. Read More
Finding health insurance that works for you can be a tedious and often confusing process as you look for a plan that covers your needs. When you find one, relief is probably the first feeling. Read More
This article, by Carrie LeVan of Colby College, was originally posted in the Bangor Daily News on March 12, 2019. Ballots are prepared to be tabulated for Maine’s Second Congressional District’s House election Monday, Nov. 12, 2018, in Augusta, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)… Read More
Score this one: Employers 1, Workers 0. Read More
With increasing numbers of children unvaccinated, we are losing the benefit of “herd immunity.” Read More
Grit, it seems, is McSally's wingman. Read More
As Maine’s Legislature gears up for what will inevitably be a partisan fight over a constitutional amendment on ranked-choice voting, it is important to keep an eye on what’s important: What do Maine’s voters want. Read More
Trump trillion dollar budget arrives on Capitol Hill, dead on arrival. Read More
This is not a problem unique to northern Maine. Rural areas across the nation are grappling with the same issue. Read More
