Bigger checks are good but not enough for the millions of jobless Americans who need more help.
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Maine Voices: Has delay become a strategy for blocking needed large-scale projects?
After 40 months of regulatory proceedings, CMP has secured every needed state and federal approval for the NECEC power line. It should be allowed to go ahead with it.
The View From Here: America is not divided, but white America is
A cultural clash between white voters with and without college degrees explains a lot about the polarization of our politics.
Our View: Maine’s COVID numbers tell a troubling story
The acceleration of new cases comes as too many Mainers are behaving as if the pandemic is no real threat.
Commentary: How Biden can rebuild trust in our elections
An independent panel could quickly confirm the fairness of 2020 swing-state voting and counting, then recommend election-security improvements.
Commentary: Removing 4 Brookfield Renewable dams would revive lower Kennebec, at-risk species
The fate of Atlantic salmon in the U.S. depends on restoring them in the Kennebec. Razing these dams would give the species its best chance at survival.
Commentary: 48 years after Roe, we’ll keep working for reproductive freedom
Planned Parenthood will strive to defeat attempts in the Maine Legislature to take away care or shame abortion patients.
Our View: Nation should heed President Biden’s call for unity
National solidarity begins with mutual respect and a commitment to the truth.
Maine Voices: Soaring on ‘wings like eagles’ as we confront climate crisis
A new reason for hope: President Biden signs an executive order on his first day in office that ensures the U.S. will rejoin the Paris climate accord.
Commentary: Will Republican senators risk as much for democracy as Russia’s Navalny?
The opposition leader was poisoned by the Kremlin but has returned to Moscow to fight for free elections, as exiting Trump still lies that U.S. elections were rigged.