A new report shows that most Mainers have trouble finding affordable, high-quality child care. It’s hurting everyone.
Editorials
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View from Away: Protecting vital US wetlands must remain a federal priority
Back in the 1970s, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers constructed an enormous functioning hydraulic model of the Chesapeake Bay. Although long ago replaced by much more accurate computer simulations, there was one extremely valuable lesson passed along to the busloads of schoolchildren who would visit the 14.5-acre indoor facility on Kent Island: How shallow […]
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Our View: Pride Month arrives amid coordinated attack on LGBTQ Americans
As it tries to roll back civil rights and freedoms, the Republican Party is now almost wholly focused on smearing the LGBTQ community.
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Another View: Sudan conflict must be brought to peaceful resolution
There are more than 2,500 Sudanese people living in Maine, all of them greatly worried about the safety of their relatives back home.
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Commentary: High-speed rail can curb America’s summer travel woes
The summer travel season that gets underway Memorial Day weekend promises to be one of the most challenging ever. As transportation patterns return to pre-pandemic levels, millions of Americans will face the familiar miles-long traffic jams and labyrinthine airport security lines. Following last summer’s chaos in the skies, with nearly 45,000 flights canceled and over […]
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Our View: Fulfilling our responsibility to those who died for our rights
Memorial Day is an opportunity every year to remember the sacrifice so many have made in the name of the freedom we all enjoy. The parades. The speeches. The flags on poles down Main Street, and placed at every veteran’s grave. It’s all so that we don’t forget that winning and defending our rights under […]
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Our View: With the right support, Maine can move beyond asylum seeker ‘inflection point’
Record numbers of people are seeking to resettle in Maine. If we can take necessary, lasting action, it does not have to culminate in crisis.
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View from Away: One answer to the migration crisis? Jobs
The Biden administration’s sensible new policy for asylum seekers — requiring them to submit applications in Latin American countries before arriving — seems to have preempted a wave of migration to the border, at least for now. But what about those the US has already legally admitted into the country, who are being blocked from […]
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Our View: Lawmakers should use child tax credit to boost next generation of Mainers
Maine lawmakers on both sides of the aisle want to use surplus funds to get relief to the people who need it most. One way is sitting right in front of them. L.D. 1544, a bill from Rep. Mo Terry, D-Gorham, would provide extra support for low-income parents by expanding the state’s child tax credit […]
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Our View: Fudging on assault weapons ban is what’s appalling
Of the four members of Maine’s congressional delegation, only Rep. Chellie Pingree supports a ban on guns capable of inflicting unthinkable damage on our communities. Her counterparts aren’t prepared to say much about why they don’t.