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Insight: Climate crisis not getting a wartime response

A World War II era energy project stands in sharp contrast to Maine’s slow progress on offshore wind.

Waiting for the results of the next election gives the president too many months in power to do mischief.

Managers will have to prepare for a workforce stuck at home if schools don’t reopen.

by Henry E.M. Beck March 30, 2020March 30, 2020

The state will use all its financial tools to ease the disruption caused by a global pandemic.

by Jim Fossel December 22, 2019December 20, 2019

Party discipline and a coherent message matters more than popularity in the polls.

by Joseph Hennessey March 24, 2019March 23, 2019

Encourage those who struggle with reading, and foster the love of books in your own home as well.

U.S. schools must place more importance on that ideal – that each student has dignity and worth – than on college placement.

by Kerem Durdag March 20, 2019March 19, 2019

Reject extremism, reach out to your neighbor and resist ‘us versus them’ rhetoric.

by Adam Crepeau March 20, 2019March 19, 2019

There’s little room in the $8 billion-plus proposal to accommodate the unexpected.

by Richard Barringer March 15, 2019March 14, 2019

Maine can’t cut its carbon emissions without further hydropower, such as that delivered via NECEC.