Maine’s leaders have never suggested arresting and criminally charging people who test positive for COVID-19 and locking them up in jail. Why is this? Could it be that no physicians, epidemiologists, or public health experts have recommended criminalizing COVID-19 as a way to address the pandemic? Can one imagine Maine’s Department of Public Safety saying […]

I’m writing in response to Robert Reed’s letter (“Reject Lewiston school budget, overspending,” May 7). As a former city councilor, he knows the kind of overspending going on in all of the city departments. Overspending has been an ignored subject for years. Public Works does not need over $1 million worth of vehicles and equipment […]

More than 230,000 Maine workers have no access to a retirement savings program through their employer, and working households in Maine average only $3,000 in retirement savings, according to information compiled by Maine’s Senate Majority Leader Eloise Vitelli. One in three Mainers age 65 and older rely on Social Security as their only source of […]

Will Maine join the 22 states which prohibit corporate contributions to political campaigns, including those in federal election campaigns? Maine’s motto, “Dirigo,” translates from the Latin meaning “I direct” or “I lead.” Maine has and continues to lead the United States: its ranked-choice voting bill received 52% of the vote in 2016, the first naval […]

The Maine State Legislature has set the first public hearings on the national popular vote bills (LD 1330 and LD 1384) for Tuesday, May 11. Now is the time to submit testimony, which can be done online, with no need for driving to Augusta. The details of how this interstate compact would work are found […]