The only responsible choice is for Congress to temporarily lift the cap previously set on borrowing to fund our existing obligations.

Among other benefits, parole would allow people to become taxpayers supporting their families, rather than living in prison at taxpayer expense.

In many respects, the awareness, compassion and funding for those living with this disease have fallen to the wayside.

America is hurtling toward a historic and potentially cataclysmic default — and its best hope for avoiding it may be one of the least popular men in Washington: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell. Don’t mistake passage of a plan to raise the debt ceiling for progress. The bill, passed by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives […]

Jessica James didn’t have to die. Last year, James was killed three months short of her 33rd birthday at FedEx’s World Hub in Memphis, Tennessee. The forklift she was driving flipped over, crushing her underneath. Her death was no unforeseeable freak accident. James was driving on a metal ramp to deliver a load of packages […]

One of the best ways to improve public health in Maine is for adult smokers to stop smoking. Lask week, I testified in front of the Health and Human Services Committee in response to a misguided bill that would prevent them from doing so. Unfortunately, the bill would ban products that the U.S. Food and […]

The president may face a prospect that could prove almost as difficult for him as losing: winning.

Journalism is more vibrant in Maine than in many other states. Let’s keep it that way.