With the issue far from resolved on the federal level, lawmakers propose opposing measures.
2013
Posted inNation & World, Politics
Republicans facing tough questions on Voting Rights Act
Republicans have to figure out how to attract minority, young and poor voters the party needs.
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Posted inBusiness
Workplace extras pay off in staff loyalty
The pluses need not be costly, as long as they make workers’ lives easier.
Posted inOpinion
Charles Krauthammer: Obama fiddles with climate change as bigger crises unfold around him
The president unveils a complex, costly plan that won’t reduce warming and will kill many jobs.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Letters to the editor: Local food still consumers’ safest bet
Your article citing Petite Jacqueline as a possible source of campylobacter infection (“Portland bistro probed as possible source of food-borne illness,” June 27) provides an opportunity to compare the risks and rewards of Maine’s developing local food movement with those posed by the industrial food delivery juggernaut that has dominated our culinary lives for the […]
Posted inOpinion
M.D. Harmon: Adulation of filibustering lawmaker overlooks realities of abortion
The bill opposed by Texas state Sen. Wendy Davis places reasonable limits on a medical procedure.
Posted inNews
Vermont dealing with road damage from heavy rain
GRANVILLE, Vt. – Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin said Thursday a main road that had been rebuilt after Tropical Storm Irene has been damaged once again by the latest dose of heavy rain in the state. “We’re looking at areas of road that have turned to riverbed that we rebuilt just two years ago this August,” […]
Posted inNews
Soggy Vermont farmers need sun
Record rains in May and June shortened the strawberry season and are wreaking havoc with hay.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Maine should not rush virtual charter schools
There is enough history in other states to cause regulators to proceed with caution.
Posted inOpinion
Maine Voices: Maine misses chance to protect vulnerable recreational therapy clients
A vetoed licensure mandate would have shielded people with disabilities from harm by unqualified practitioners.