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Commentary: Maine should build on campaign-finance reform progress

by James Kilbreth February 3, 2020September 14, 2020

Let’s push to bar corporations from funding state-level candidates and PACs that engage in state elections.

by The Editorial Board February 2, 2020February 3, 2020

It’s time for lawmakers to respond to wasteful and ineffective spending on youth incarceration.

by Greg Kesich February 2, 2020February 3, 2020

There’s reason for enthusiasm about a new research institute in Portland, but it shouldn’t try to be the next San Jose.

by Roger Lowenstein February 2, 2020January 31, 2020

Extremist vitriol notwithstanding, a close look at her record shows that the senator has earned her center-right reputation.

by Victoria Hugo-Vidal February 2, 2020January 31, 2020

Coming to terms with cats, day care and men with beards is an ongoing challenge for a newcomer to the family.

by John Manoush February 1, 2020January 31, 2020

History shows that in most cases, a destructive human activity is halted only after great harm has already been done.

by The Editorial Board January 30, 2020January 30, 2020

The written test for people who want to cut hair measures skill and knowledge, not English.

by The San Jose Mercury News January 30, 2020January 29, 2020

High taxes and a slow-moving permitting process are giving the black market a reason to exist.

by The Editorial Board January 29, 2020January 29, 2020

A bill now before the Legislature could double the units built every year in Maine.

by Garrett and Jeff Murch January 29, 2020January 30, 2020

The bipartisan Land for Maine’s Future program is endangered by the toxic politics seeping into our political culture.