Last month, the Legislature passed a supplemental budget authorizing over $600 million in spending in addition to last year’s record-breaking $11.65 billion biennial budget. This new spending included nearly $300 million from the Budget Stabilization Fund, the state’s emergency reserve fund, for $300 checks to certain eligible residents, along with hundreds of millions more for […]

It’s difficult to read about how President Trump tore down the East Wing of the White House. I disagree with much of what this administration has done over the past year. I often find myself not knowing what to do about my anger. But the news about the East Wing tear-down and ballroom has left […]

It is very telling that Sen. Susan Collins’ website does not have a listing for elections or voting rights in its drop-down menu. If Collins really believed that voting should be open to all eligible citizens, she would have a specific category for this important democratic right. I am concerned that she has not read the […]