The campaign to get big money out of Maine elections is being financed by big-money donors from out of state.
Op-Eds
Opinion columns from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
Maine’s economy depends on clean water
The rule protects from pollution the small tributaries and wetlands that function as filters, eventually providing clean water to our large rivers and lakes.
Term limits, road signs: A wish list for much-needed political reform
Let’s return Maine to its first-in-the-nation voting and move Election Day to September.
Planned Parenthood serves vital function in Maine
I’m proud to stand with Planned Parenthood. I say this as a husband and father of two young children, as a policymaker who sees the value of health care access, and as a man committed to women’s health. These rights regularly come under attack in the Maine Legislature, where I serve as the House majority […]
Mainers wanted Clean Elections system so candidates would focus on issues
Remember, the original vote was because citizens initiated the referendum question.
Some Republicans use race as means to incite fear, anger
Race baiting seems to be increasing as the ethical fabric of politics continues to fray.
How does Angus know how many carpenters have sat in the State House?
Mainers for Accountable Elections has raised more than $1.3 million in its effort to “get money out of politics.”
Push to treat public lands like a cash cow portends dire future for our forests
LePage administration’s we’re-broke-cut-the-wood approach undermines generations of carefully managed forests.
Columnist channels inner Limbaugh as he rails against today’s Republicans
New York Times’ David Brooks says GOP has betrayed true conservatism.
Why would anyone want to go to a reunion?
They take fun times and make them the best they ever weren’t.