Our View: State budget proposal would do a lot of good for Maine families

The full Legislature should support the bipartisan spending plan passed last week by the Appropriations Committee.

Our View: Senate way off base on MaineCare for noncitizens

You want to talk about price tags? Excluding low-income noncitizens from routine health care comes with an unacceptable financial and social cost.

Our View: Once again, gun rights win out over everything else

The Maine Senate missed an opportunity to make the state a little safer by implementing background checks on private firearm sales.

Our View: Expansion of abortion access must be kept in context

The removal of certain limits on abortion in Maine would be transformational – just not in the way its opponents have suggested.

Our View: Expansion of abortion access must be kept in context

The removal of certain limits on abortion in Maine would be transformational – just not in the way its opponents have suggested.

Our View: Deficient, dangerous nurse staffing cannot stay as it is

Debate over the nurse-to-patient ratio bill under consideration in Augusta has shed a stark light on how dismal it is to work at the bedside. Although a fix is desperately needed, L.D. 1639 is too blunt an instrument.

Our View: Maine must act now to make the most of offshore wind

The state can take steps this month to build an industry that promises both clean energy and good jobs.

Our View: Pay attention to the act of driving

No matter what we do to make our roads safer, the buck has to stop with individual motorists. 

Our View: We must change the way we think about caregiving

Robust support for a proposal that would pay parent caregivers of children with special needs acknowledges just how badly broken our systems of care are.

Our View: The effects of the global climate crisis will be local