Cheap college credits, land bonds and trash talk make the news this week.
Editorials
OUR OPINION: Mainers with meager wages should get a raise
Increasing the minimum wage with help low-income families, and the economy.
OUR OPINION: Weak case for cuts to MaineCare reimbursement
Governor and his allies offer a false choice between paying hospitals and providing services to the elderly and disabled.
OUR OPINION: Maine’s public lands are more than a revenue source
The governor’s plan to increase timber harvesting goes against the purpose of state-owned forests.
OUR OPINION: Fate of revenue sharing not the biggest challenge facing Maine communities
Shrinking towns and rising costs have to be addressed, whatever comes of the governor’s budget.
OUR OPINION: Energy-efficiency projects run into LePage hard ball
Governor has hammered away at the Efficiency Maine program, and now his allies on the PUC have used a missing word as an excuse to cut it back.
OUR OPINION: School outbreak response points out CDC’s value
The agency’s multiple public health efforts would be undercut if a plan to cut staff passes.
Stop tinkering with television classics
Cable mandarins are using technology to subtly speed up some reruns.
OUR OPINION: Thumbs up, thumbs down
Bad nutrition, politician pay and Sunshine Week are in the news this week.
OUR OPINION: Watchdog agency needs free hand in rail authority audit
Office of Program Evaluation and Government Accountability is undoubtedly the right body to conduct the investigation.