The state still has more work to do to repair the damage caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic aftershocks.
Editorials
View from Away: Medicare Advantage spending needs a closer look
Tampa Bay Times (TNS)
Our View: Contaminated deer show the far reach of ‘forever’ chemicals
The contamination caused by decades of spreading sludge from paper mills and wastewater plants does not stop with the farm fields it was spread on.
Our View: Food insecurity in military says a lot about hunger in U.S.
Thousands of military families struggle to get enough food, for the same reasons that other families do.
Our View: Corporate giant tries to kill small Maine town’s broadband plans
What we saw in Leeds last week offers a glimpse of the fights ahead on internet expansion.
Our View: Only response to drug crisis is to save as many lives as possible
The approach to addiction that backgrounds or sidelines harm reduction in favor of punishment and stigma is not working.
Our View: Local zoning drives high housing costs around Maine
Municipal officials don’t have to answer to the people who can’t afford to live in their community.
View from Away: Conservatives are the ones asserting victimhood these days by talk of race
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (TNS)
Our View: High school athletes can have the winter season they deserve
Strong statewide policy using masks, vaccinations and regular testing can keep students and the community safe.
Our View: Maine State Police have a racial profiling problem
A federal judge has thrown out evidence in a drug case because she believed the officer targeted a driver based on his appearance.