The effort to reopen the budget in Waterville is misguided, and cuts would hurt education.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Flossing essential to oral health
For a few minutes a day and some minor inconvenience, the benefits outweigh the risks.
Expanding access to addiction treatment is a moral imperative
With 272 Mainers dying in 2015 and thousands more addicted, the epidemic calls for collective action.
Caron: Trump campaign’s summer free fall
The Republicans need a disciplined and focused candidate. They’ve got The Donald.
Drug costs should make you blink
The system the doles out prescription medication is broken.
Jason Savage: Cain dishonest on voting record
An op-ed in this newspaper contained numerous inaccuracies, according to the executive director of the Maine Republican Party.
Harmon: Raise the minimum wage? Bring on the robots
Just because the intentions are good doesn’t mean the results will be.
Sen. Roger Katz: Trump not fit for presidency
The campaign is about who we want to be as Americans, not party loyalty or political ideology.
Doug Rooks: Ranked-choice voting no real solution
Instead of voting gimmicks, the parties should do the hard work of rebuilding.
Smith: Creating a better Maine
Take heart that these three groups are working every day to improve the state.