The state should work with businesses that want to do important charity work.
Editorials
VIEW FROM AWAY: Ethanol takes a hit
Subsidy benefits do not outweigh the costs.
OUR OPINION: A nation of phone addicts makes for dangerous roads
Police face an uphill climb in fighting texting while driving.
OUR OPINION: Students in poverty have earned federal school aid
Maine’s Title 1 policy should give low-income pupils a boost, not put them further behind.
our OPINION: State drug policy puts two generations at risk
To address a rise in addicted newborns, Maine should lift limits on treating their mothers.
OUR OPINION: Thumbs up, thumbs down
Quick takes on the issues making news this week in central Maine.
VIEW FROM AWAY: No need for rules banning cellphones on planes
The choice on usage should be left up to airlines
OUR OPINION: A Civil War-era letter proves the value of holidays
Thanksgiving connects us over distance, and through time.
OUR OPINION: Maine should listen when it hears the train a comin’
More proof is needed, but passenger rail has real potential.
OUR OPINION: Funding for repeat offender programs a step in the right direction
Maine’s goal should be fewer inmates and lower costs.