The huge corporate giveaway is bad policy that can’t be fixed by last-miute tinkering.
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Our View: After shootings, silence from Washington, DC
The NRA, gun manufacturers and the politicians they keep in line have won again.
Our View: Numbers don’t tell whole story on sexual harassment
Maine is not immune from workplace sexual aggression, and it shouldn’t try to sit this scandal out.
Our View: Children’s health program faces an unnecessary crisis
Republicans in Congress are putting health insurance for millions of poor children at risk.
Our View: Out-of-state students one way to counter stagnant growth
The University of Maine System is attracting more students from away — now it has to keep them here.
Our View: Myth of Thanksgiving a story worth celebrating
Even though details have been added or left out over the centuries, it’s a true telling of our values.
Our View: Transgender people need safe haven from violence
Transgender crime victims in Maine say that the police aren’t the resource that they should be.
Our View: Ocean acidity threat warrants stronger state response
Recommendations from a state panel have gone largely unaddressed, and that’s bad news for Maine’s fishing and aquaculture industries.
Our View: The fight against sexual misconduct must go further than ruined careers
It’s not just Hollywood and Washington, D.C. that have a problem — it’s everywhere, and we have to deal with it.
Our View: Watchdog’s resignation puts consumers at risk
Maine’s senators should resist efforts to replace Richard Cordray with a figurehead.