Maine tribes’ inherent right to self-governance persists. State lawmakers of 2023 are coming around to that fact.

Maine’s been doing its best to forge ahead in the absence of a federal standard. Thankfully, that has changed.

About 2,000 Maine young people are homeless – that’s a number we should be able to handle.

The budget plan unveiled last week is like an initial offer for negotiations aimed at reaching a compromise – a word we have heard too little in recent years.

Here it is, simply: The Maine public needs more information. Not less.

The Maine Department of Public Safety either needs to release redacted transcripts of the 911 calls or provide a detailed reason for not releasing them.