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Published
January 25, 2023

Maine Voices: We need more grid capacity – and we need it now

Grid-enhancing technologies are already in place and proven in regional transmission systems across the U.S. and Europe. Maine must be next.
Published
January 25, 2023

Our View: At least one of the answers is blowing in the wind

A new bill that promises to stimulate the development of offshore wind in the Gulf of Maine strikes all the right notes.
Published
January 24, 2023

Maine Voices: Is the Doomsday Clock about to move closer to midnight?

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists’ clock was first set at the start of the Cold War. On Tuesday, we’ll find out how much closer the world is to self-destruction in 2023.
Published
January 24, 2023

Our View: Welcome Corps a welcome development

The new State Department program should help us to maximize our most precious resource: goodwill.
Published
January 22, 2023

Analysis: Maine’s green goals shaded by oil and gas dependence

Maine has bold clean-energy aspirations. This winter shows we’re a long way from kicking our fossil-fuel habit.
Published
January 22, 2023

Our View: Portland diocese displays a brazen lack of empathy

Attempts to block legal recourse for people in pain and anguish amount to retraumatizing secondary abuse.
Published
January 22, 2023

Maine Voices: Custody and care of unaccompanied minors must be a priority of our state

Although we know that Maine DHHS is struggling with funding and staffing, the refusal to take custody of at-risk youths is negligent, unacceptable – and easily solved.
Published
January 22, 2023

The Maine Millennial: Who tells the church what it must do in order to be forgiven?

I hope survivors sue the collar off the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland and others.
Published
January 22, 2023

Jim Fossel: Maine Republicans should have sales tax in their crosshairs

If their Democratic counterparts are serious about avoiding another partisan budget, Republicans might be able to insert some tax relief in place of new spending.
Published
January 21, 2023

Maine Voices: Increased state funding for indigent defense is a starting point

Maine needs an organized system by which public defenders are trained, supervised, evaluated and deployed.