Editorials
Our View: Heading into the fall, the U.S. needs fast, easy COVID testing
A new kind of test sacrificing some accuracy for speed could be just what is called for.
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Editorials
Our View: Maine Republicans playing games with special session
The Legislature can’t come back to finish its work because the minority party wants to control the agenda.
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Editorials
View from Away: Allowing Sturgis rally to go on puts nation at risk
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (TNS)
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Columnists
Noah Feldman: New York’s attorney general shouldn’t dismantle the NRA
Bloomberg Opinion (TNS)
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Bill Nemitz
Bill Nemitz: What day is it? Welcome to ‘Blursday’
For many amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it feels like the hands on the clock have stopped moving.
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Columnists
Jim Fossel: Republicans should hold firm on taxes in Augusta
Whenever the Legislature comes back into session, GOP members should use their clout to roll back 2019's spending spree.
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Columnists
The Maine Millennial: Teetering on the unemployment cliff
What’s keeping workers at home? It’s not a $600 weekly payment – it’s the coronavirus.
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Opinion
Tom Allen: Congress must act to keep students connected
Schools can’t reopen successfully without bipartisan support for smart policies to bridge the digital divide and serve rural and underserved areas.
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Columnists
NECEC president: Mainers helped make transmission line project better
The significant benefits include lower energy costs for Maine families and businesses.
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Opinion
U.S. attorney for Maine: Law enforcement here paying price for brutality elsewhere
Maine police officers aren’t perfect, but they are always trying to improve and they’re open to progressive policies and procedures.
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Bill Nemitz
Bill Nemitz: It’s no longer just ‘helping the kids with their homework’
As another anything-but-normal school year looms, parents and guardians need to reach out for help – and give themselves a break.
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Opinion
Today’s editorial cartoon
Maine Compass
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Letters to the Editor
A lesson to go with stolen signs
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Letters to the Editor
Maine State Music Theatre needs you
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Letters to the Editor
Trump should try fixing problems
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Letters to the Editor
CMP line wouldn’t help climate change
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Letters to the Editor
US can’t survive four more years of Trump
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Letters to the Editor
Maranacook story brings back memories
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Letters to the Editor
Rascism, sexism make no sense at all
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Letters to the Editor
GOP lawmakers need to get to work
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Letters to the Editor
Trump’s shift on China a political ploy
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Letters to the Editor
The unemployed need to find a job
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Letters to the Editor
Trump’s bad character comes out again
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Letters to the Editor
Koch would be great voice in Augusta
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Imported Canadian hydropower would crowd out biomass generation, hurting the state's forest economy.
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Community-based providers of mental health and substance use disorder services may not survive if the state doesn't release federal funds.
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Meanwhile, everyone in Maine, visitor and resident alike, should act as if the virus is around.
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Letter
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Letter
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Homeless activists and city officials should now negotiate an end to the 2-week-old encampment.
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On the 75th anniversary of Hiroshima, we must understand the effects of nuclear weapons and debate their role in our society.
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Letter
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The Trump administration plans to end in-person counting early.
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Teachers, parents and students are all in the midst of a difficult time.
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Letter
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For Maine’s reopening to succeed, providers should be supported in a way that reflects their importance.
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Letter
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Mainers deserve an honest and fair campaign without the falsehoods being pushed on us from people from away.
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Letter
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Calling for a more equitable sharing of General Dynamics/BIW profits takes political courage – unions alone can’t do it.
