A former state senator argues that the company is more than meeting the hiring goals imposed when it received a tax break.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Union official: BIW doesn’t need subcontractors to stay competitive
After getting pay concessions and tax breaks, the company should be ready to fulfill its obligation to the U.S. defense manufacturing sector.
Maine Compass: In Dr. King’s vision, create ‘a beloved community’
We should keep Martin Luther King Jr. Day front and center in our lives, every day, every year.
Bill Nemitz: He tried to save the world but could not save himself
Dave Bakis spent 12 years traveling through 40 countries to help kids in need. Then, just before Christmas, he took his own life.
Greg Kesich: Sign-stealing history repeats with a twist
Big money sports don’t have room for the gamesmanship of yesteryear.
Jim Fossel: Mills’ gambling veto is paternalism at its worst
The governor of Maine presumes she knows more than the people of Maine about what would be good for them.
The Maine Millennial: Student debt is a broken promise to American students
The government encouraged borrowing by teenagers that no private-sector lender would have approved.
Commentary: Make it easier for Maine shoppers to avoid single-use plastic
L.D. 1933 aims to make refilling your own containers more widely accepted at grocery stores.
Mary Schmich: Hey, stop telling us which Democratic candidate is ‘electable’
Chicago Tribune (TNS)
Bill Nemitz: Just an old cooking pot … or is it something more?
Steve Hill thought he’d never again see his favorite piece of cookware. Then fate took over.