Funding for the popular and effective program has not been on the ballot in nearly a decade.
Ben Bragdon
Staff Writer
Ben Bragdon is managing editor of the Sun Journal. Prior to that, he was deputy managing editor for news at the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel. Ben was previously editorial page editor for those newspapers and Central Maine Sunday for more than 10 years. Before that, he was managing editor for weekly newspapers at Current Publishing in Westbrook. He began his career as a reporter at the Piscataquis Observer in Dover-Foxcroft and editor at the Moosehead Messenger in Greenville. He has a bachelor’s degree in history from Boston University.
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View from Away: NASA continues to achieve great things with helicopter flight on Mars
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (TNS)
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Our View: Lobster industry needs to contribute more than ‘Crush Mills’
The governor and others are making a good-faith effort to answer questions about the future of the Gulf of Maine. Fishermen should join them.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Maine Compass: Why we need to end drug criminalization
Mainers who need treatment are instead incarcerated, at a high cost to their futures and our state.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Goodwill shows waste a problem for thrifty Mainers
The state has a long history of reusing and repairing old items, one that is increasingly at odds with our times.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Commentary: Give people a break. Ease up on the outdoor mask rules
Los Angeles Times (TNS)
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Our View: The return of high school sports brings hope, caution
Things are returning to normal, but it will take all of us to make sure they stay that way.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Noah Smith: The sensible border fix protectionists will hate
Bloomberg Opinion (TNS)
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View from Away: As Biden declares an end to the ‘forever war’ in Afghanistan, the Taliban declare victory
The Dallas Morning News (TNS)
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Our View: Give young people in nation’s oldest state more input in Augusta
A new bill would create the Youth Impact Commission to inform and advise policymakers.