Joe Voisine: U.S. needs to live within its means, cease overspending

President Joe Biden’s position on the debt ceiling issue on national debt doesn’t seem to bother him. If Republicans under the leadership of Speaker Kevin McCarthy hadn’t passed a bill setting conditions for excessive spending, America’s economy would only get worse. The average person today has to rely on their retirement savings to keep their […]

Sybilla Pettingill: ‘Only extremists’ support abortion bill

Maine showed up. It’s clear by the number who came (and keep coming) to the State House that the majority of Mainers, both pro-life and pro-choice, do not want this extreme abortion bill, L.D. 1619. The mainstream media will not publish accurate numbers or pictures, so the viewers and the readers will think most people […]

Hamda Ahmed: Maine workers need paid medical leave program

The Maine Legislature will soon vote on L.D. 1964, which would create a paid family and medical leave program for Maine. I am writing to support this important policy. Previous to my current job, during the pandemic, I was a case manager and a program manager at one of the largest ethnic-based organizations in the […]

Misty, Isaac and Simon Gendron: Maine needs to shut down abortion expansion bill

“Passing this bill would be justifying my murder, since I was offered to be terminated. I would like anyone supporting this bill to look me in the eyes and tell me that I should have been allowed to die.” — Isaac Gendron, age 16

Rich Lowry: Don’t erase the Anglo-Saxons

What the academics hostile to their own field of study want to do is take a term that is readily recognized, broadly understood, and generates public interest, and replace it with something more obscure for no good reason.

Editorial cartoon for Tuesday, June 13

Leeds medical center hires new physician assistant

LEEDS — DFD Russell Medical Centers recently hired board-certified physician assistant John Wironen. Wironen received his master’s degree in physician assistant studies from the University of New England in 2021 and spent the past two years as a primary care provider at Sebasticook Family Care in Pittsfield. He also holds a Ph.D. in material science […]

Clarence Page: Migrant crisis gives Chicago diversity a stress test

America’s latest migrant crisis has come to Chicago and, in an unfortunately Chicago-style way, threatens to reopen old divisions over race, ethnicity and whether new arrivals might be getting helped before others in need who are already here.

Desmond Martel: Support student learning with a ‘yes’ vote for Roberts Farm

A new building at Roberts Farm could offer some vital improvements so more students can enjoy Roberts Farm like the SAD 17 fifth-graders presently do. SAD 17 students are counting on you to vote yes to investing in a bigger, better building for Roberts Farm on June 13.

Cameron Lorrain and Heather Printup: Maine needs Poland Spring’s environmental leadership and jobs

We are disheartened by a group of bills that once again targets our company. One bill of concern is L.D. 1111 — a misguided proposal that would usurp the authority of water utilities to exercise their science-based stewardship of local water resources.