2018 – Page 5646 – The Portland Press Herald

Editorials, Opinion

Our View: Maine should stay the course on ocean wind power

by The Editorial Board January 11, 2018January 10, 2018

The state has already invested too much to give up now on a promising home-grown industry.

Maine Voices, Op-eds, Opinion

After success in getting tip credit restored in Maine, it’s time to go national

by Joshua Chaisson and Carrie Smith Special to the Press Herald January 11, 2018January 11, 2018

Our new nonprofit plans to defend the server wages now under attack by a group looking to redesign the economics of the restaurant industry across the country.

Op-eds, Opinion

Commentary: Sessions champions states’ rights, until he doesn’t like what states do

by Erwin Chemerinsky Special to The Sacramento Bee January 11, 2018January 10, 2018

Attorney General Jeff Sessions decision to enforce federal pot laws in places that have legalized the drug is the height of hypocrisy.

Letters

Letter to the editor: Deluge of storm news on local channel was overkill

January 11, 2018January 11, 2018

I’m stuck at home in the snow on my day off. On TV, I get three channels: 6, 8 and 13. Mind-numbingly, Channel 8 broadcast seven hours of snow news. Really? I have two eyes and a window. It’s snowing, it’s snowing, it’s snowing! It’s snowing, it’s snowing, it’s snowing! John Thornton Portland

Letters

Letter to the editor: We need Christian right’s input on Medicaid expansion

January 11, 2018January 11, 2018

There is one group of Republicans I would really like to hear speak out about Medicaid expansion. They comprise over a third of the Republican Party, according to the Public Religion Research Institute. They are the evangelical Christian right, and they are the neck that turns the head of the Republican Party. Where are they […]

Letters

Letter to the editor: Should Kennebunkport push ‘pause’ on development?

January 11, 2018January 11, 2018

At the upcoming Kennebunkport Planning Board meeting at 7 p.m. next Wednesday, Binnacle Hill will be presenting a sketch plan for review of Phase 2, a proposed 12-lot cluster subdivision connecting to the approved 15-lot Binnacle Hill Subdivision on New Biddeford Road. If Phase 2 were to eventually be approved, it would create one large […]

Letters

Letter to the editor: Cold snaps always bring out the greed in fuel suppliers

January 11, 2018January 11, 2018

It has always amazed me how the weather drives the economy, especially the oil industry. It is not that there is a shortage – it is all about the demand for the product. Because of the season, I have seen the price of heating oil go up 50 cents during the past few weeks. In […]

Letters

Letter to the editor: Cap on H-2B visas a threat to Maine and its businesses

January 11, 2018January 11, 2018

The H-2B visa program, which provides a temporary seasonal workforce, has helped our family hotel grow from only a couple of year-round jobs to the workforce we have today. Given the importance of the program, the questions and uncertainty around it for 2018 are alarming. With the program cap at 66,000 visas for the entire […]