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Our View: The retirement age should not be raised

by The Editorial Board March 5, 2023March 3, 2023

Raising the retirement age would remove a lot of financial pressure felt by Congress. For the average American, it would be disastrous.

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: Hey, Legislature, leave those cats alone

by The Editorial Board March 2, 2023March 3, 2023

A proposal to include domestic felines in Maine’s animal trespass law is ruffling feathers – and rightly so.

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: If only a constitutional housing provision could provide homes

by The Editorial Board February 27, 2023March 1, 2023

A spiritual gesture is no match for Maine’s material crisis. Plus: Why UMaine must proceed cautiously with remote learning.

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: Maine’s record-low governor pay is a shortsighted antiquity

by The Editorial Board February 27, 2023February 27, 2023

Let’s be thrifty in ways that make sense. And appropriately remunerate work that matters.

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: Abortion pill case validates coordinated response

by The Editorial Board February 25, 2023February 24, 2023

The new national coalition of governors represents 170 million people. Good, and good on Gov. Mills for including Mainers in that number.

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: Maddie Ripley’s win a victory for all those who paved the way

by The Editorial Board February 24, 2023February 23, 2023

Ripley, the first girl to win a wrestling state title in Maine, shares her victory with Lisa Nowak and others who fought to overcome sexism.

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: Deadly Force Review Panel report doesn’t shed enough light

by The Editorial Board February 19, 2023February 17, 2023

The Maine Deadly Force Review Panel was created in 2019 to answer the toughest of questions raised when a police officer shoots someone: Was the shooting, even if legally justified, at all avoidable? In its third annual report, released last month, the panel lays out clearly how access to health care can keep someone from […]