The pandemic is not going away, but governments don’t need special authority to craft their response.
editorial
Our View: Affordable housing key to Maine’s workforce development
Our state needs workers, and people want to come here. It’s up to us to make it so they can.
Our View: Legacy of Jan. 6 should be voting rights
If Maine Sen. Susan Collins and other Republicans continue to block these protections, then the mob will have won.
Our View: Mainers should all follow the same mask rules
Whether we’re vaccinated or not, high levels of transmission dictate that we should cover up when indoors in public.
Our View: Maine’s child welfare system needs better oversight
Criminal prosecutions of abusive caregivers don’t shed enough light on the agency charged with protecting children.
Our View: Indoor vaccine mandates would protect hospitality workers
Restaurant work is hard enough without the risk of catching a serious disease on the job.
Our View: Bringing high tech to the Maine woods
Innovations by local entrepreneurs can improve safe access to the state’s mountains, lakes, streams and coast.
Our View: Little holiday cheer in COVID news
Fully vaccinated Mainers can celebrate, as long as they don’t celebrate the end of the pandemic too soon.
Our View: Congress can’t surrender in climate fight
One senator should not be able to stop legislation that’s so vital to our future.
Our View: Maine’s solar stumbles slow move to clean power
We need utilities, regulators and business to work together to decarbonize, but that’s not what we’re getting