The longer it goes on, the more people will get hurt when it abruptly stops.
Editorials
OUR OPINION: Strangulation law helps pull domestic assault out of the shadows
In Maine and elsewhere, strangulation is often overlooked, and often deadly.
OUR OPINION: Working Maine women need policy protections
A higher minimum wage, paid sick time and family leave are all key to greater economic security.
OUR OPINION: Thumbs up, thumbs down
Vacant properties in Augusta, cod in the Gulf of Maine are in the news this week.
OUR OPINION: State should be closer to a fix for Riverview
Seventeen months after the first federal warning, the hospital is still not meeting basic standards.
DEP goes off tack on Amtrak layover facility
The agency is inserting itself into a process that was unfolding welll without interference.
OUR OPINION: Consolidation failure calls for different tack
Forced partnerships are not working, so the state must find another way to help small school districts.
OUR OPINION: Words of wisdom for Labor Day: Workers matter
When corporations invest in their employees, they reap the benefits of loyal and stable workforce.
OUR OPINION: Who do we endorse? Nobody — and here’s why
We’ll still scrutinize candidates, but telling you how to vote creates perceptions of bias.
OUR OPINION: Guards should not sink into the culture of prison
Allegations of hazing by state employees raise troubling questions and demand public airing.