Our View: Legislature should act to ease housing crunch

Our View

Published
April 13, 2021

Our View: Legislature should act to ease housing crunch

A fee on mostly vacant second homes would help fund affordable housing for middle-income Mainers.
Published
February 22, 2021

Our View: Home sales show Maine is a hot ticket

But we will need new housing policies to make sure that the people who live here aren't priced out.
Published
December 8, 2020

Our View: Bethel brewpub owner is proven wrong again

Another court finds no merit to Rick Savage’s belief that he can defy state public health regulations.
Published
October 18, 2020

Our View: COVID will disrupt holiday plans

A traditional family Thanksgiving seems less wholesome when coronavirus is on the guest list.
Published
October 7, 2020

Our View: Out-of-state waste does not belong in Maine landfills

Regulators and the Legislature should close a loophole that goes against the intent of a decades-old law.
Published
September 23, 2020

Our View: President Trump fails to acknowledge suffering caused by COVID

As the U.S. passed 200,000 deaths from the virus, the president said it "affects virtually nobody."
Published
September 22, 2020

Our View: Take time to remember Justice Ginsburg

For more than half a century the late judge fought for equal rights, and the nation needs a chance to mourn her loss.
Published
September 14, 2020

Our View: Maine can’t afford an inaccurate census

Even a small undercount would result in a hit to our state budget at a very bad time.
Published
September 10, 2020

Our View: Advocate’s death is a tragic reminder

The loss of Jesse Harvey shows that the opioid epidemic is still here.
Published
September 4, 2020

Our View: Eviction delay no solution to housing crisis

Tenants and landlords will both get in deeper trouble if Congress does not pass rental subsidies.