Our View: Maine families need lawmakers to support child care industry

A new report shows that most Mainers have trouble finding affordable, high-quality child care. It's hurting everyone.

View from Away: Protecting vital US wetlands must remain a federal priority

Our View: Pride Month arrives amid coordinated attack on LGBTQ Americans

As it tries to roll back civil rights and freedoms, the Republican Party is now almost wholly focused on smearing the LGBTQ community.

Another View: Sudan conflict must be brought to peaceful resolution

There are more than 2,500 Sudanese people living in Maine, all of them greatly worried about the safety of their relatives back home.

Commentary: High-speed rail can curb America’s summer travel woes

Our View: Fulfilling our responsibility to those who died for our rights

Our View: With the right support, Maine can move beyond asylum seeker ‘inflection point’

Record numbers of people are seeking to resettle in Maine. If we can take necessary, lasting action, it does not have to culminate in crisis.

View from Away: One answer to the migration crisis? Jobs

Our View: Lawmakers should use child tax credit to boost next generation of Mainers

Our View: Fudging on assault weapons ban is what’s appalling

Of the four members of Maine’s congressional delegation, only Rep. Chellie Pingree supports a ban on guns capable of inflicting unthinkable damage on our communities. Her counterparts aren’t prepared to say much about why they don’t.