The short-term disruption of a large number of immigrants should not obscure the real meaning of this event.
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Our View: On migrants, state should follow Portland’s lead
Helping asylum seekers now will pay off for Maine’s future.
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Our View: Lobster gear changes not yet warranted
If the federal government is going to force such a drastic change, it better show that Maine gear is killing whales.
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Our View: Maine’s open-meeting laws exist for the public
When members of a public board get together to work on public business, the public should be notified.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine ready to power up solar industry
A bill before the Legislature would encourage the growth of an industry that’s ready to grow.
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Our View: Recurring need to borrow shows trouble with Maine’s road system
Selling bonds to maintain a failing transportation system will not move our state in the right direction.
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View from Away: 30 years after Tiananmen, oppressive Chinese state remains
Thirty years ago today, the world watched in horror as Chinese troops cracked down brutally on peaceful protests by students who sought to give the Chinese people more say over their daily lives. The lingering image of the pro-democracy movement, though, was from the next day, when a lone, unarmed man stopped a column of […]
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Our View: Where were regulators as opioids spread?
A lawsuit against Purdue Pharma is welcome, but the company should have been stopped years ago.
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Our View: D-Day shows how to fight climate change
If the world had responded to the Nazis the way we are responding to global warming, Hitler would have won.
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Our View: During Pride Month, focus on unfinished work
Remarkable progress has been made on LGBTQ rights, but there are still people who are marginalized.