VIEW FROM AWAY: Reform needed for lethal border policies

Editorials

Published
September 30, 2013

VIEW FROM AWAY: Reform needed for lethal border policies

If you value human life, demand a change in our border policies.
Published
September 30, 2013

VIEW FROM AWAY: Lawmakers just not listening to budget office

Every year around this time, the Congressional Budget Office issues a report about just how grim the nation’s long-term financial health is. A few lawmakers wring their hands and say they will get serious about fixing the problem, but then they don’t. We, as a nation, rush toward a debt-induced disaster if no one heeds the warning.
Published
September 29, 2013

OUR OPINION: King speech tells what’s right in Obamacare

So, what is this thing called Obamacare? That was the question posed by Maine Sen. Angus King in a floor speech in Washington last week that followed a 21-hour oration by Texan Ted Cruz. In about 21 minutes, King answered his own question, dispelling five years of smokescreen and horror stories that Cruz and the anti-Obamacare forces have been churning up to derail a much-needed reform to a broken part of our social fabric.
Published
September 27, 2013

OUR OPINION: Oversight of Maine lakes shouldn’t falter

Last September, high phosphorous levels led to a sudden algae bloom in Lake Auburn that killed about 200 trout. It is likely that heavy rainfall and erosion washed the phosphorous into the lake, where higher-than-usual temperatures spurred the growth of the plant, which pulls oxygen from the water as it decays, suffocating the fish.
Published
September 26, 2013

FOOD STAMPPROGRAM CHANGES

Families who receive food stamps will see a reduction in benefits after the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program was cut by about 7 percent beginning in November. The figures below show how the monthly benefit will change for families who qualify for the maximum allotment, based on income.

Published
September 26, 2013

OUR OPINION: Food stamp cuts will be harmful to many workers

Stimulus funding for the federal food stamps program expires Nov. 1, cutting benefits by about 7 percent.
Published
September 25, 2013

OUR OPINION: New approach needed to reduce domestic violence

In 2006, Maine police recorded 5,459 domestic assaults. Seven of the 22 homicides that year were the result of domestic violence.
Published
September 24, 2013

Correction: Sept. 20 editorial about injuries to game wardens, rangers

The Sept. 20 editorial ("Rangers' safety can be improved without firearms") incorrectly reported statistics from the Maine Department of Labor.
Published
September 24, 2013

OUR OPINION: New toll system may be answer for aging roads

In 2009, the state completed the reconstruction of a 17-mile stretch of Interstate 295 between Topsham and Gardiner. In all, 34 miles of fresh asphalt were put down over a rebuilt roadway, at a cost of $35.3 million, paid for with federal stimulus funds.
Published
September 23, 2013

VIEW FROM AWAY: Scooter Store saga a warning to Medicare cheats

At one time, the Scooter Store was the largest private employer in New Braunfels, Texas. It had more than 2,400 employees with national distribution.

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