Voters can sign a new petition that would give Mainers more say over how public lands are used.
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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Our View: U.S. Senate goes home without passing COVID relief
Republican members sped through the Supreme Court confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett, but couldn’t find time to negotiate help for millions of Americans.
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Our View: NASA mission could shine new light on the beginning of the solar system
Last week, for the first time, American scientists used a spacecraft to gather material off an ancient asteroid.
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View from Away: The DOJ is taking the gloves off against Big Tech
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Our View: Opioid settlement, ODs show we’re still playing catchup with addiction
Years into a devastating drug epidemic, the country still isn’t doing enough to slow it down.
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Our View: There’s no need to be scared of Halloween
With a few tweaks, there’s no reason Maine kids can’t enjoy something close to a normal celebration this year.
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Sen. Angus King: Why Joe Biden deserves your vote for president
Biden with help bridge the divide that President Trump has made deeper, the independent Maine senator writes.
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Our View: It shouldn’t be a surprise that fatal drug overdoses keep increasing
As the drug epidemic grows stronger and more varied, the country’s response has not kept up.
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View from Away: We asked 80 politicians about defunding the police. Here’s what we learned
The Dallas Morning News (TNS)
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Our View: Medical supply manufacturing moved overseas, and now we’re paying it
The federal government should make more investments like those in Guilford-based Puritan, so that important supplies are here when we need them.