How else do you make sense of such a stubborn refusal to reach a compromise?
Editorials
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Our View: Sea Grant scuffle a sorry exercise in what’s to come
State displeases president. Administration takes step to punish state. U.S. senator intervenes, applying necessary pressure. Punishment is averted. Rinse and repeat.
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Our View: Pedestrian fatalities should shock us all into action
We overlook a tragic few weeks on Maine roads at our — increasing — peril.
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Our View: An opinion section has a time-honored purpose
Jeff Bezos’ ostentatious intervention at the Washington Post offers us a chance to stop and take stock.
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Our View: Threat to health care should secure supplemental budget compromise
Payments to Maine health care providers could be cut as early as next month. Lawmakers must not let that happen.
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Our View: Future of Maine relies on child care, early education
Maintenance of the child care worker salary supplement, among other supports, is critical. Why do we have such a hard time with this obvious reality?
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Our View: Rep. Libby exhibits ruthless unprofessionalism
Our objection to the lawmaker’s doubling down on the cheapest of shots has nothing to do with politics or policy.
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Our View: Raise the cigarette tax in Maine
All available evidence should make it hard to oppose this tax with a straight face. Where there’s smoke …
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Our View: Sen. Collins’ decision matrix does not pass muster
Without taking proper steps to assist the public’s understanding of her process, the senator leaves herself open to more of the same criticism.
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Our View: Maine delegates rightly assume united front on Musk, Gaza
Amid mounting consternation, Collins, Golden, King and Pingree appear to be doing what they can to make sense of the nonsensical.