The remarkable Penobscot pro baseball player Louis Sockalexis is long overdue for recognition.
Editorials
Our View: Lawmakers won’t list on ranked-choice voting
Voters have repeatedly said they want changes to the way elections are run.
Our View: Lawmakers won’t listen on ranked-choice voting
Voters have repeatedly said they want changes to the way that elections are run.
View from Away: Question on citizenship will undercut census
The Los Angeles Times
Our View: Open seats allow bad candidates into local office
Municipal and school positions are often there for the taking.
Our View: Uncontested races usher bad candidates into office
If the right people don’t step up, the wrong people will have access to positions of power.
Our View: Maine’s age shows in unemployment data
We are seeing how baby boomer retirements are putting future job growth at risk.
Our View: Rhode Island showed how to slow down the opioid epidemic
By offering treatment to some of its most vulnerable residents, the state has shown how to, at the very least, save lives.
Our View: Rallies and research will change the gun debate
The righteous anger of the Parkland students raises hope that gun violence can finally be treated as a public health problem.