EDITORIALS

Legislature’s $73 million small business jobs bond isn’t perfect, but Maine needs it

Maine is in desperate need of research and development investments to drive the development of new products that form the basis for new businesses or …

CONTRIBUTORS

More dependency or opportunity: What’s at stake in Maine’s Medicaid expansion debate

After all Maine’s budget and economy have been through at the hands of Medicaid over the years, it is shocking that Democratic politicians would propose …

CONTRIBUTORS

Let’s rethink Maine’s telephone policy in this digital age

Telecommunications policy in Maine is at a crossroads. For more than 100 years, telecommunications service has meant voice service over copper lines operated by monopoly …

EDITORIALS

Oh, baby! How just $500 can boost the aspirations of a state

What is giving away millions of dollars each year, building Maine’s future workforce, and isn’t state government or higher education? That would be the Alfond …

CONTRIBUTORS

30 percent of private colleges won’t survive next 10 years, predicts Husson official

I thought I was thoroughly familiar with junk mail until we began the college-application process. Now each day I come home to four or five …

CONTRIBUTORS

Support Maine franchise owners with these four basic protections

The Maine Small Business Investment Protection Act, LD 1458, is making its way through the Maine Legislature. A vote in the House could occur as …

CONTRIBUTORS

By expanding Medicaid, Maine lawmakers can make a difference for the uninsured

Tens of thousands of uninsured Mainers stand to gain access to affordable health coverage — many for the first time. They include hard-working people who …

KATHLEEN PARKER

New SAT don’t care ’bout no fancy words

When the going gets tough, well, why not just make the going easier? This seems to be the conclusion of the College Board, which administers …

CONTRIBUTORS

Mike Michaud can stand up for papermakers and Maine’s high-tech future

A recent Bangor Daily News editorial criticized U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud’s defense of the state’s paper industry, contrasting it to his stance on innovation and …

EDITORIAL

Sky bridge? I-395 connection? Change in expectations a better answer to Cross Center traffic

Events at Bangor’s new Cross Insurance Center are drawing thousands of people to the Queen City, even in frigid winter weather. But there’s a consequence …

GWYNNE DYER

A premature history of the second Cold War

The first mistake of the Ukrainian revolutionaries was to abandon the Feb. 23 agreement to create a national unity government, including some of the revolutionary …

CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER

Putin’s actions are product of President Obama’s weak foreign policy

Vladimir Putin is a lucky man. And he’s got three more years of luck to come. He takes Crimea, and President Barack Obama says it’s …

CONTRIBUTORS

How a modern logistics hub in Bangor can make port in Searsport competitive

In 2011, Eastern Maine Development Corp., in partnership with Maine Maritime Academy, released a study titled “Searsport-Bangor Logistics Corridor Project.” The 78-page document explores growth …

CONTRIBUTORS

With more poverty and less health care, rural Maine would benefit most from Medicaid expansion

Maine is the most rural state in the nation. This isn’t because Maine is bigger and wilder than Wyoming or Montana, but because Maine has …

AGREE TO DISAGREE (blog)

Why doesn’t Gov. LePage know what his own party is doing?

Governor Paul LePage had a lot to say about revenue sharing, Medicaid expansion in Maine and what he says Democrats are doing wrong in the Legislature …

EDITORIALS

Maine needs solar energy. It also needs a plan for it

The state should have a better handle on this by now: How much should Maine spend to incentivize the use of solar energy to ensure …