If Republicans are as unclear or inconsistent with their demands on the two-year budget as they were with the supplemental, it could be a tough road ahead.
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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View from Away: COVID-19 is also raising the death toll from opioids
Bloomberg Opinion (TNS)
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Maine Compass: Actions needed to make Maine Climate Action Plan succeed
It will be a major challenge to electrify transportation and heating.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Let’s not let all politics turn national
When local voters focus only on national issues, our communities miss out.
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Douglas Rooks: Hickman’s victory and the ‘Third Founding’ yet to come
The new state senator – and Black organic farmer – stood out for reasons that resonate through U.S. history.
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Our View: ‘Long-haulers’ a distressing sign of COVID’s future
COVID-19 is causing scary long-term symptoms, even in people with initially mild cases.
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George Smith: Wild crops abound to harvest, put up as we fall toward winter
Longtime columnist George Smith, whose work filled this space every Wednesday for three decades, died Feb. 12. For the next several weeks, we will reprint some of George’s best columns. Here’s one from Oct. 19, 2011. Warblers arrive in the spring garbed in colorful clothing, but they head back south in the fall dressed in […]
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Scholars Strategy Network: Why Maine needs L.D. 2
This bill would require the Legislature to assess the potential racial impact, however unintended, of any act the legislature passes.
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Our View: A strong Maine farming industry starts with healthy soil
Maine should follow 11 other states and establish a program to help farmers improve their yields and fight climate change.
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View from Away: Biden shouldn’t have spared Saudi Arabia’s crown prince
Los Angeles Times (TNS)