Across-the-board cuts loom as the March 1 deadline approaches with party leaders entrenched.
2013
Posted inSports
Steve Solloway: Boxing still not down and out
Russell Lamour made a mistake Saturday night. He got caught up in the noise and excitement of boxing’s return to TD Garden in Boston for the first time in six years. He wanted a big moment to add to the big night. “It kind of stuck in my mind to go for the knockout,” Lamour […]
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Posted inOpinion
Greg Kesich: Forget the two Maines, we’ll have at least three until 2014
The candidates are already lining up and they think they have a strong path to victory in the next election.
Posted inOpinion
Maine Voices: Even ‘bizarre’ fails to adequately describe governor’s plan for new prison
With the state’s finances stretched to the limit, the proposal also exceeds ‘peculiar’ and ‘weird.’
Posted inNation & World
CDC study: Feeling sick? Suspect your salad
Nearly half of all U.S. food poisonings are attributed to produce, and one-fifth are linked to leafy greens.
Posted inNation & World
NRA head says proposed gun laws are off target
Wayne LaPierre plans to reiterate his stance Wednesday to a Senate committee.
Posted inLetters, Opinion
Letters to the Editor: Much at stake in city tar sands proposal
The packed Portland City Council chamber last Wednesday night told the story. There was testimony from the public and from the petroleum industry (local, national and Canadian representatives) concerning the pros and cons of tar sands oil and its potential effect or lack of effect on our land and water. The debate was sometimes heated […]
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Groundfishing limits are a disaster for this region
Fish stocks are not rebounding fast enough and fishermen need government help.
Posted inNation & World
Defense nominee Hagel an advocate for nuclear disarmament
WASHINGTON – Chuck Hagel, the likely next secretary of defense, would be the first to enter the Pentagon having publicly advocated for sharply reducing the number of U.S. nuclear weapons, possibly without equivalent cuts by Russia. He supports an international movement called Global Zero that favors eliminating all nuclear weapons. That puts him outside the […]
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: Conservatives are not paranoid when they worry about the future
A columnist is too quick to dismiss concerns about the direction in which the nation is headed.