The CMP Corridor may be a good deal for foreign-owned corporations, but it is a terrible deal for Maine.
Ben Bragdon
Staff Writer
Ben Bragdon is managing editor of the Sun Journal. Prior to that, he was deputy managing editor for news at the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel. Ben was previously editorial page editor for those newspapers and Central Maine Sunday for more than 10 years. Before that, he was managing editor for weekly newspapers at Current Publishing in Westbrook. He began his career as a reporter at the Piscataquis Observer in Dover-Foxcroft and editor at the Moosehead Messenger in Greenville. He has a bachelor’s degree in history from Boston University.
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Our View: CDC guidance should reflect all we’ve learned about virus
With everything we learn, it becomes easier to issue recommendations that protect the public while restoring normalcy.
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Our View: Maine should build its internet networks for the future
In a rare opportunity, millions in state and federal funding are available for high-speed internet. Maine must make them count for the long haul.
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Scott Strom: Don’t put a muzzle on Canadian trade partners
An effort to silence Hydro-Quebec and other companies from our trading partner to the north are just political noise, the Pittsfield Republican writes.
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Our View: $1 coin program a chance to highlight innovative Mainers
The U.S. Mint asks, what is Maine’s greatest scientific contribution?
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View from Away: There is momentum for expanding Medicare to those younger than 65
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (TNS)
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Paul Mills: In ‘First Franco,” Rooks tells the story of a groundbreaking Mainer
Rumford’s Albert Beliveau Sr. became the first Franco American named to the Maine Supreme Court and one of the first Catholics to occupy the position.
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View from Away: Olympics protest ban reveals the Games’ political hypocrisy
Mercury News (TNS)
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Our View: Stories from Mainers show why dental care is necessary for health
Legislators shouldn’t hesitate to expand dental benefits under MaineCare.
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Douglas Rooks: Fusion voting challenges parties to deliver
Open primaries and ranked-choice voting offer reforms for our electoral system, but they have their limits. There’s an alternative that would achieve the goals of these better-known measures, while reinvigorating our moribund political parties — an equally vital task. It’s called fusion voting. To my knowledge, only one state — Vermont — has ever used […]