Congress can make it all go away by approving heating assistance at the same level as a year ago.
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: A not-so-gentle reminder of how Paul LePage governs
LePage’s antics and anger got in the way of progress during his two terms in office. As he runs for a third term, it appears nothing has changed.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
View from Away: Why are prices rising so fast? Because there’s cover.
Chicago Tribune (TNS)
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Commentary: No, Mr. President, the pandemic isn’t over
Los Angeles Times (TNS)
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Sen. Craig Hickman: With so much at stake, we must protect our lakes
What the Cobbosseecontee Lake Association has achieved in the fight against invasive milfoil is truly astounding, the state senator writes.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine’s approach to helping the homeless falls short again
It’s far too easy for individual communities to shirk their responsibility.
Posted inOp-Eds, Opinion
Tyler Cowen: When immigration hypocrisy landed on Martha’s Vineyard
When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis spent public money to fly about 50 Venezuelan asylum seekers from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, the ostensible point — besides trolling and publicity, of course — was to show that immigrants are a burden on red-state resources. But his stunt reveals a political and cultural corruption far deeper […]