We need a system for creating and enforcing a system providing official proof that people have completed their vaccination process. Establishing a COVID-19 passport is essential to our defeating the current pandemic. First, we need to create a legal passport document or electronic ID that is secure from forgery. Then we need to issue them […]

As the parent of a child approaching puberty, I encourage the community to support menstrual equity. L.D. 452 requires schools to provide menstrual supplies in all restrooms, a step that brings us closer to inclusivity and equity in our schools. Teaching my child the art of secretly slipping tampons to a friend perpetuates the stigma […]

I am writing regarding Rep. Michael Lemelin’s use of the words “China virus” to describe the China virus. Let me make something very clear: There is no hate speech in the United States. There is only free speech. Any attempts to prevent a person from saying whatever they want to say should cease, immediately. Maine […]

Maine legislators will soon have a chance to save children’s lives in our state. Passing L.D. 759, the “safe storage” bill, would prevent children from easily accessing firearms in their homes. Without affecting the rights and liberties of gun owners, safe storage mandates keeping firearms under lock and key: 1) to prevent children from finding […]

As a regular reader of the Press Herald, I am upset by this week’s news series, about the failure of our Maine State Police to police themselves. You state in Sunday’s article that Maine is one of the few states where officer discipline records are public documents; however, the name of the series is “Misconduct […]

April 22 is Earth Day. If one truly cares about our planet Earth, there are two actions that can be taken that will help Earth survive: One is to reduce travel and driving, because of the release of carbon dioxide from these activities. The second is more difficult and perhaps more important: Reduce or eliminate […]

If you were a visitor from away, reading the Portland Press Herald last week, you’d be forgiven for assuming that the poor were massing for the attack, particularly in the vicinity of Bayside. First was the article about the Bayside Neighborhood Association asking the City Council for a temporary moratorium on homeless shelters in Bayside […]