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Published
April 6, 2019

Maine Voices: In the face of climate change, workers need access to intertidal property

A recent ruling should spur towns to incentivize the availability of land for commercial access.
Published
April 6, 2019

Commentary: How do we get people to vote? Let’s try financial incentives

Several short experiments show that such rewards work to change voting behavior.
Published
April 5, 2019

Maine Voices: CMP corridor’s climate claims don’t hold up to scrutiny

The Maine DEP should do an independent review of the proposal's impact on greenhouse-gas emissions.
Published
April 5, 2019

Portland sick-leave mandate would undercut local employers’ generous benefits

Employees at Wex, Maine Med, Unum, Northern Light Mercy Hospital and MEMIC would lose the flexibility of paid time off.
Published
April 5, 2019

Marc A. Thiessen: This is how bad Trump derangement syndrome has gotten

Yes, people deeply dislike the president – but why withhold a well-deserved award from his secretary of state?

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Published
April 4, 2019

Our View: Maine’s new solar law is just a first step

The last administration's hostility to renewable energy has put the state years behind on the kind of regulatory upgrades needed to fairly price this energy.
Published
April 4, 2019

Dana Milbank: Trump can get away with lying because he’s so loud about it

But while his scandalous reputation protects him from facing charges, it also denies him credibility.
Published
April 4, 2019

Maine Voices: Details of life on Portland’s streets lost amid policy controversies

A pastor who ministers to people who are homeless sees gratitude, generosity, hope and humor.
Published
April 4, 2019

Commentary: It doesn’t matter what Joe Biden meant to do

It may not have been his intention to make women feel uncomfortable, but that isn't the point.
Published
April 3, 2019

Leonard Pitts: Sense of ‘one nation, indivisible’ receding further into our past

Beto O'Rourke's evocation of unity last week only emphasizes how much we've changed since another skinny guy with an odd name sounded a similar theme.