The best legislators understand how to hold fast to their principles while finding room for compromise. The governor gets this more than anyone else in this race.
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Setting the record straight on Brunswick foam spill | Opinion
A malfunctioning electronic sensing unit, not negligence, led to the accidental release of PFAS-containing firefighting foam in 2024.
Maine must continue to fight for the faceless and forgotten targeted by ICE | Opinion
If we don’t, aren’t we complicit?
Single-payer health care strongly supported by Maine’s medical community | Opinion
Those who know believe this is the way to go to deal with our troubled health care system.
Let’s make homelessness in Maine brief and rare | Opinion
Permanent supportive housing is one way to accomplish that goal. A proposed federal funding cut would jeopardize our program.
White House work crew is focused on the wrong job | Opinion
Consider instead … the septic system.
Graham Platner has a Blackwater problem | Opinion
The Senate candidate’s previous association with the private military contractor that committed various war crimes in Iraq cannot be overlooked.
Do the homework on your Medicare options this year | Opinion
Drastic changes to Medicare and Medicaid have made doing nothing during the 2025 open enrollment period (ends Dec. 7) especially risky.
Graham Platner should switch lanes now| Steve Collins
The tough-talking progressive should go after departing Rep. Jared Golden’s 2nd District House seat first.
Thanksgiving stories from the road | Opinion
Some of my most memorable Turkey Day experiences were not spent in the cozy confines of home.