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Published
August 20, 2015

Maine Voices: Your financial adviser had better put your interests first

Investment rules written before IRAs and 401(k) plans even existed are woefully out of date.
Published
August 19, 2015

Leonard Pitts: Police need to reread Bill of Rights language on unreasonable searches

When a woman has body cavities probed during a drug search, where is her Fourth Amendment right?
Published
August 19, 2015

Maine Voices: Right-sized Medicaid spending helps to stabilize Maine’s financial footing

The share of people that MaineCare covers is in line with the national average, but budgeting is still too high.
Published
August 19, 2015

Greg Kesich: Strimling vs. Brennan: Sometimes voters just want a change

Portland mayoral candidates Ethan Strimling and Mike Brennan are quite similar, but the incumbency may be a disadvantage here.
Published
August 18, 2015

Kathleen Parker: Time to think, now that everyone has left Washington

For your indulgence and patience, let me share a secret that I've kept mostly to myself for the last year.

Published
August 18, 2015

Maine Voices: Recent pedestrian deaths remind us roadways are full of vulnerable users

The rules of the road apply to all of us, whether we're driving, biking or walking. Let's know and obey them.
Published
August 18, 2015

Commentary: Here’s why politicians’ student loan fixes are bad policy

None of the plans released so far would do enough to lessen the need for college students to borrow.
Published
August 17, 2015

Maine Voices: Tipped workers need one fair wage on which they can rely

Restaurant servers must please bosses, staff and customers for low hourly pay and unreliable tips.
Published
August 16, 2015

Barney Frank: These Republican candidates won’t ‘compromise’ with voters

A recent article in The Economist contains a quote that has become one of my all-time favorites, especially because of its relevance to the current Republican nomination contest. According to the story – which might be apocryphal, but is too perfectly illustrative of ideological rigidity to insist on verification – when warned by a colleague […]
Published
August 16, 2015

Smart or not smart: Drug abuse and bank regulations

Gov. LePage wants to use the National Guard to fight the drug epidemic in Maine. Smart or not smart? Phil: Let’s start by saying, if the Legislature had simply allocated the funds for the additional drug enforcement agents, we wouldn’t even be having this conversation. Ethan: I love it when Republicans starting siding with more […]

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