Last month, the Legislature passed a supplemental budget authorizing over $600 million in spending in addition to last year’s record-breaking $11.65 billion biennial budget. This new spending included nearly $300 million from the Budget Stabilization Fund, the state’s emergency reserve fund, for $300 checks to certain eligible residents, along with hundreds of millions more for […]

It’s difficult to read about how President Trump tore down the East Wing of the White House. I disagree with much of what this administration has done over the past year. I often find myself not knowing what to do about my anger. But the news about the East Wing tear-down and ballroom has left […]

It is very telling that Sen. Susan Collins’ website does not have a listing for elections or voting rights in its drop-down menu. If Collins really believed that voting should be open to all eligible citizens, she would have a specific category for this important democratic right. I am concerned that she has not read the […]

Gov. Janet Mills’ veto on the moratorium for data centers was a major disappointment. Her focus and concern for Jay’s need for employment seems to have determined her decision. Data centers employ many people during construction. Once completed, employment drops drastically. So, is the environmental blight, with destruction of land and water, etc., worth a […]

America can’t begin to heal itself until it confronts a hard truth: our modern wars have been not only tragic, but futile.  In earlier eras, from ancient Greece onward, war was a burden borne directly by citizens —farmers, laborers, neighbors — whose lives were immediately at stake. Battles were brief because society itself couldn’t function […]