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Published
October 23, 2021

Maine Voices: Vote A for smaller shelters, better path forward for our unhoused neighbors

Portland doesn’t have to build the largest shelter north of Boston in order to provide effective services.
Published
October 23, 2021

Our Endorsement: Rodriguez, Michniewicz and Pelletier, our choices for Portland City Council

These three candidates would be strong additions to a city in a period of leadership transition.
Published
October 22, 2021

Maine Voices: Don’t like the CMP corridor? Consider the alternatives

To supply the same amount of power as NECEC, it would take 2,500 wind turbines, 25 million solar panels or 24 new Wyman Dams.
Published
October 22, 2021

Commentary: With David Flanagan’s death, country loses model of bipartisan camaraderie

His work across the aisle during the Senate’s Katrina inquiry helped pave the way for legislation that has made us all safer.
Published
October 22, 2021

Our View: Pass Question 2, but heed the wake-up call

It’s not enough to throw hundreds of millions of dollars every year at a transportation system built on the old way of doing things.

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Published
October 21, 2021

Maine Voices: Our state has an untapped supply of potential new hires

Mainers with disabilities would love to work and are capable and productive yet often don’t get the chance to prove themselves.
Published
October 21, 2021

Brandon Mazer: I want to make Portland more affordable, livable and fair

As a city councilor, I’d be committed to working with others so that everyone has the opportunity to live, work and prosper here.
Published
October 21, 2021

Our View: Maine’s Sen. King sounds alarm on democracy in danger

We are in a constitutional crisis in which false claims of voter fraud can undermine faith in elections, the independent senator said.
Published
October 20, 2021

Leonard Pitts: There’s ‘you people’ and ‘my people.’ Where did ‘we, the people’ go?

I venerate the ideals on which this country was founded. Sadly, many others no longer do.
Published
October 20, 2021

Commentary: Question 3 a common-sense effort to secure the right to grow our own food

If you want a more ecologically sound and economically free and just food system, vote ‘yes.’