Republicans had sought $200 million in income tax cuts for low- and middle-income Mainers, a goal one lawmaker said Democrats ‘flatly rejected.’
March 2023
Posted inNation & World, News, Religion and Values
Pope expands sex abuse law, reaffirms adults can be victims
The new law makes clear that adults can be rendered vulnerable to abuse even occasionally, as situations present themselves.
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Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Seagrass meadows have a big story to tell
Coverage of its decline in Casco Bay, together with reporting on the recent U.N. findings, weaves ‘global and local challenges together,’ a reader says.
Posted inArts & Entertainment, Life & Culture, Maine
Portland playwright takes a page from her own script to help others work through grief
While working on ‘Death Wings,’ which premieres next week, Bess Welden began holding community workshops for people dealing with loss.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Civil legal aid is falling short, hurting all of us
When Mainers can’t access programs and services designed to help them, whole communities suffer.
Posted inMaine Voices, Opinion
Maine Voices: Time for Nordic Aquafarms to pull out of Belfast
Its controversial salmon farm has divided the community for over five years, is mired in legal troubles and is simply in the wrong place.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Keep Good Samaritan law as it is
Last legislative session, hand in hand with Maine’s recovery community, we passed – and Gov. Mills signed into law – the strongest Good Samaritan law in the nation. We did this because we know that saving lives is the most important thing that can happen at the scene of an overdose. However, this session, a […]
Posted inOp-eds, Opinion
Commentary: Can DeSantis go too far? Not for Florida. Maybe for America
Voters down here seem to crave his culture wars. I don’t believe the same can be said for the rest of the country.
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Apply a surcharge to fossil fuels
A recent Associated Press article (“Alaskan oil project adds yet another climate concern,” March 14) highlights an important factor in the struggle to limit greenhouse-gas emissions from fossil fuels. Regardless of how much green renewable energy is introduced into the market, as long as fossil fuels are subsidized and underpriced, dependence on (aka “addiction to”) […]
Posted inLetters
Letter to the editor: Parallels between invasions of Iraq and Ukraine
Twenty years ago this month, the United States began a war in Iraq based on false claims of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. According to a March 20 report from Democracy Now, which featured Iraqi writers Sinan Antoon and Feurat Alani, that war left behind up to 2 million Iraqi people dead, mostly civilians; 8 […]