Op-Eds - Centralmaine.com

Commentary: Make it easier for Maine workers to build wealth through ownership

by Rob Brown Special to the Press Herald February 27, 2020February 27, 2020

L.D. 1520 would incentivize the sale of businesses to workers and improve training for companies that are considering selling to employees.

by Douglas Rooks February 27, 2020February 26, 2020

We complain about the lack of choices, yet ignore or denigrate the very process we invented to help make those choices.

by George Smith February 26, 2020February 26, 2020

Ranked choice puts more power in the hands of voters.

by Christine Cummings February 26, 2020February 27, 2020

Requiring businesses to compensate municipalities for the cost of recycling packaging simply shifts costs.

by Lisa Miller and Luisa S. Deprez February 26, 2020February 25, 2020

Behind “the way life should be” veneer, many communities are weighed down by large shifts in the American economy and culture.

Employers can be competitive without exploiting their workforce, a local businessman writes.

by Lisa DeSisto Publisher February 24, 2020February 22, 2020

Savings on production costs will preserve newsroom jobs, keeping readers informed.

by David Woodsome February 24, 2020February 22, 2020

A state takeover of CMP and Emera Maine risks higher debt, higher property taxes and disinvestment in the electric grid.

Thanks to a Royal Australian Navy veteran, a Portland soldier’s legacy rises from the battlefield on which he died.

In a crowded field, the instant runoffs would have provided clarity to a fractured process.