I want to publicly thank Superintendent Xavier Botana and Portland Public Schools for researching, writing and publishing the public report on the June 2020 allegations. Although it was not easy to read the substance of the report, the report itself was clear. Portland Public Schools and our community now have a mandate to address the […]

I have fought for affordable housing for years, but I did not support the Munjoy Hill Historic District (which would have included my own home) because I did not see sufficient evidence that it would help the cause of affordable housing. Absent that evidence, I could not support it. We all were supposed to take […]

Why, oh why, is Sen. Susan Collins opposing the increased relief for state and local governments contained in President Biden’s $1.9 trillion economic aid package when the state and every local government in Maine will be experiencing decreased tax revenues this year because of the economic impact of COVID? Richard Kessler Bath

On Feb. 10, the Maine Legislature’s Environment and Natural Resources Committee will meet to consider the possibility of writing a committee bill on aboveground storage tank emissions. The goal is legislation to require effective monitoring and control of emissions from all aboveground oil terminal storage tanks in Maine. I am a resident of Portland and […]

Re: “Collins calls stimulus meeting with Biden ‘very useful’ ” (Feb. 2, Page A1): Staff Writer Eric Russell’s article on the Republican pandemic stimulus package quotes Maine Sen. Susan Collins saying, “We need those funds to be targeted.” Indeed we do, but where was Collins’ concern when she voted for the 2001 Bush tax cut? […]

This year, the Maine Legislature is again considering joining the National Popular Vote Compact. NPV will ensure that all votes for president are counted equally, and will change presidential campaigning, which today focuses exclusively on 12 battleground states. Many Mainers are concerned that small states will lose our influence on elections, should we change how […]

I’ve read some of your reporting regarding where the COVID-19 vaccines stand in Maine. However, I would like to see some reporting on why Maine’s older population of wartime veterans, like myself, can’t seem to get any answers from the local Maine Veterans Affairs clinics, particularly the Lewiston clinic, where I receive all my medical […]

I think it’s great that Maine Medical Center nurses want to unionize. Being able to stand up for what’s right is easier and more effective when one doesn’t have to stand alone. Being a proud union member of the National Association of Letter Carriers, Branch 92, since 1978, I can attest to the importance of […]