Electric heat pumps cut conventional fossil-dependent heating costs in half. Offshore wind — increasingly popular from Denmark to Japan — could cut these costs further, by delivering 24/7, uninterrupted electric power generation, robust job creation, zero operating emissions, drastic pollution reduction and high energy reliability, even during winter storms. All things considered, offshore wind is the […]

The United States Agency of International Development (USAID) helped prevent roughly 1 million child deaths per year. Other U.S. foreign assistance programs have also saved many lives, and under President Obama, the State Department used diplomacy with the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Russia, China and the European Union to help negotiate the 2015 Iran nuclear […]

As Rep. Jared Golden’s political career “sunsets,” he has affirmed the fears of many who supported him as a congressman. Our country is in the most dangerous position of my lifetime. To say otherwise is to deny Donald Trump’s attacks on the Constitution, his attacks on people of color, his attacks on the media and his total disregard for the […]

Maine’s motto is Dirigo: I lead. I am a grandmother calling on all Mainers to rise up and lead in shining a light on elected state and national officials in our country by asking them to answer this question honestly and factually: Are they for sale? To stay in office, will our elected officials give […]

I want to thank Gov. Mills. She should be proud of her decades of public service. For all that she done for the citizens of Maine I say, “bravo.” I would also like to extend my gratitude for how graciously she has departed the Democratic Senate primary.  I have been a Graham Platner supporter from […]

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 […]