Some thoughts on local, state and national affairs.

Ask businesses, and they’ll tell you they can’t afford $12 an hour.

McConnell is right to deny Obama’s nominee a confirmation hearing.

Measures before the Legislature would help veterans get the services they need and deserve.

The news out of the winter recreation industry in Maine is, in a word, “devastating.”

The rhetoric is either too cautious or too rash.

The elimination of the tipped credit on the minimum wage would kill Maine restaurants.

Central Maine communities would be making a mistake to go with Fiberight’s unproven technology.

Sanders has shown the way to win the key swing states in November.

Looking for guideposts in the journey of life.