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Our View: Settlement must be used to repair damage from drug addiction

by The Editorial Board September 13, 2023September 12, 2023

Companies that helped precipitate the crisis will send tens of millions of dollars to Maine. We must use it the right way.

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View from Away: Holding up military promotions risks compromising military readiness

September 11, 2023September 10, 2023

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, the highest-ranking and most senior commander in the nation’s armed forces, is scheduled to retire at the end of the month. What happens then is anyone’s guess. That’s because football-coach-turned-U.S. Sen. Tommy Tuberville shamefully continues to erode military leadership and compromise national security by blocking […]

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Our View: Dismantling barriers to shelter will take patience and time

by The Editorial Board September 10, 2023September 9, 2023

The early experience of Portland’s new Encampment Crisis Response Team should be instructive for all of Maine.

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Our View: Low pay for state employees is hurting everyone

by The Editorial Board September 8, 2023September 7, 2023

Compensation for state workers undervalues their work. As a result, both the workers and the work are suffering.

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Our View: We have not nearly earned the right to quibble about gun control

by The Editorial Board September 7, 2023September 6, 2023

Narrow and tendentious arguments against gun laws say they don’t – or won’t – make any difference. Pass the laws, find out.

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Our View: UMaine System once again fails to be transparent

by The Editorial Board September 6, 2023September 5, 2023

The state university system is withholding public information related to the bungled hiring of a new president last year at the University of Maine at Augusta.

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Our View: Back to school, back to making education more of a priority

by The Editorial Board September 3, 2023September 1, 2023

We’re doing a good amount for Maine schools. To solve the most pernicious problems, however, we have to do more.

Editorials, Opinion

View from Away: Biden’s EPA is needlessly delaying smog standards until after the election

by Los Angeles Times Editorial Board September 2, 2023September 1, 2023

On his first day in office, President Joe Biden ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to reconsider dozens of actions taken by the Trump administration. One of the most important on that list was the last-minute decision in December 2020 to keep in place outdated health standards for smog. But now, instead of moving to strengthen […]