I am mad as heck at Central Maine Power’s decades of willful negligence and obstruction of clean, renewable energy in Maine and you should be, too, especially if you think we should do our part to address climate change. Now Maine’s largest utility wants to break its contracts, admitting it neglected to provide for the […]

As a USM graduate school alumna, school superintendent in Maine and volunteer member of the USM Promise Scholarship Program Advisory Board, I was grateful for the Feb. 7 story “USM grows scholarship program for disadvantaged and first-generation students,” and wanted to add my perspective about this scholarship’s unique model for success. Because of the generosity […]

Thank you to House Assistant Majority Leader Rachel Talbot Ross, D-Portland, for introducing L.D. 2, An Act to Require the Inclusion of Racial Impact Statements in the Legislative Process, and kudos to the Editorial Board for endorsing the proposal. These racial impact statements could be particularly instructive for Sen. Susan Collins. When asked about systemic […]