Question 2 on the state’s Nov. 7 ballot worries me. The Maine Legislature has voted on a bipartisan basis five times to expand MaineCare (as Maine’s Medicaid program is called) and each time Gov. Paul LePage has vetoed expanding health care benefits to cover 70,000 of our fellow citizens. LePage puts politics ahead of people […]

Question 2 on the state’s Nov. 7 ballot worries me. The Maine Legislature has voted on a bipartisan basis five times to expand MaineCare (as Maine’s Medicaid program is called) and each time Gov. Paul LePage has vetoed expanding health care benefits to cover 70,000 of our fellow citizens. LePage puts politics ahead of people […]

There’s nothing wrong with Maine’s referendum process. The same can’t be said for the idiots trying to change it. For more than a century, the state Constitution has permitted ordinary citizens to initiate legislation by collecting signatures equal to at least 10 percent of those who cast ballots in the most recent gubernatorial election. That […]

Nearly everyone either is or knows a rabid football fan. You know the type: They own a jacket, bedspread, winter hat and umbrella featuring the logo of their favorite NFL team. But with the growing fad of players taking a knee during the National Anthem prior to a game, things aren’t looking so rosy. Many […]

The Maine Legislature has passed legislation expanding Maine Care (Maine’s version of Medicaid) five times. An ideologically driven governor has vetoed each of these enactments. A similarly driven House or Senate has narrowly sustained these vetoes. Maine has lost hundreds of millions of federal support dollars that would have provided meaningful health insurance to 70,000 […]

Earlier this month, the Portland Public Schools launched “The Portland Public Schools Promise” – our pledge to the community that our graduates will be prepared and empowered to succeed. The Portland Promise is our assurance to our students, their families and our stakeholders about what they can expect from their schools. Our district is the […]

Maine is the tailpipe of the nation. Pollution from around the country moves overnight to Maine, where we breathe it in. Mainers deserve to have clean air. The best way to ensure clean healthy air is through the Clean Car Standards. Sunday, Oct. 16, marked the fifth anniversary of the Clean Car Standards, making car […]