As a young person, born and raised in Maine, I care deeply about this state and its future. Companies like Central Maine Power and Versant, Maine’s major electricity providers, do not. Their decisions impact the lives of Mainers in many ways, but these decisions are motivated first by profit and are not necessarily in the […]

Sen. Susan Collins recently announced that she will vote against the nomination of David Chipman as director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, saying that she found this nomination to be “unusually divisive.” I couldn’t agree more. As the executive director of the Sportsman’s Alliance of Maine, I work hard to preserve […]

We thank retired Navy Cmdr. Andrew Bradick (author of a June 26 letter) for his years of service but have a different view about the lack of American flags on display in the Portland area. After a five-day visit, he “observed a number of Black Lives Matter signs and gay pride flags” but bemoaned that […]

The good people of our great city of Portland have put their trust in our charter commissioners, to review the most sacred document in the city’s government. This commission may be recorded as one of the most diverse in the history of our city, and the task ahead of the commissioners is monumental. I hope […]

The Legislature’s vote to deputize private attorneys as labor law enforcers “for hire” is an unnecessary, litigious and complicated shift in Maine’s approach to enforcing worker protection laws. Gov. Mills should veto L.D. 1711 and help Maine avert a crisis of new employment lawsuits that further downgrades our state’s abysmal reputation as a place to […]

A recent SurveyUSA public opinion poll shows that 75 percent of registered Maine voters support the idea of replacing Central Maine Power and Versant Power with a local, nonprofit, consumer-owned electric utility. Now it is up to Maine legislators Wednesday to vote “yes” and give us an opportunity to vote for Pine Tree Power Co. […]

What is so difficult for Mr. Martin Jones to recognize that it is not so important what percentage of all federal income tax the top 1 percent pay? (“Press Herald editorial repeats tax misconceptions” June 22) But what matters is the percentage of their income that they pay. If you’re making several hundred million dollars […]

On the For the People Act, Sen. Angus King voted “yes.” Sen. Susan Collins, once again demonstrating that her token “bipartisanship” does not extend to matters of principle, voted “no.” The explanation the Party of Trump has provided for its opposition to countering its craven efforts at voter suppression is that it would impose federal […]