Our View: School hoax transcripts should be released without delay

The Maine Department of Public Safety either needs to release redacted transcripts of the 911 calls or provide a detailed reason for not releasing them.

Another View: Supreme Court should not remove lifeline for those drowning in student debt

While solving the problem will involve other measures – including reducing the costs of higher education and more emphasis on non-college opportunities – loan forgiveness is critical.

Our View: The retirement age should not be raised

Raising the retirement age would remove a lot of financial pressure felt by Congress. For the average American, it would be disastrous.

Our View: Hey, Legislature, leave those cats alone

A proposal to include domestic felines in Maine’s animal trespass law is ruffling feathers – and rightly so.

Our View: If only a constitutional housing provision could provide homes

A spiritual gesture is no match for Maine’s material crisis. Plus: Why UMaine must proceed cautiously with remote learning.

Our View: Maine’s record-low governor pay is a shortsighted antiquity

Let’s be thrifty in ways that make sense. And appropriately remunerate work that matters.

Our View: Abortion pill case validates coordinated response

The new national coalition of governors represents 170 million people. Good, and good on Gov. Mills for including Mainers in that number.

Our View: Maddie Ripley’s win a victory for all those who paved the way

Ripley, the first girl to win a wrestling state title in Maine, shares her victory with Lisa Nowak and others who fought to overcome sexism.

Our View: Deadly Force Review Panel report doesn’t shed enough light

Our View: The phasing out of pandemic SNAP benefits is out of touch

Pre-COVID levels of food assistance are simply no match for a ‘post-COVID’ world.