A proposal before the Legislature would keep troops’ voting records updated as they move on short notice.
Maine Voices
Opinion columns submitted by the public to the Portland Press Herald.
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Maine Voices: Students aren’t the only ones who’d benefit from stricter vaccine rules
A third-grade teacher who has MS now risks contracting diseases against which he cannot be vaccinated.
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Maine Voices: Election reform bill will provide antidote to voter disillusionment
Making Maine a presidential primary state and expanding ranked-choice voting will restore faith in the process.
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Maine Voices: In the face of climate change, workers need access to intertidal property
A recent ruling should spur towns to incentivize the availability of land for commercial access.
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Maine Voices: CMP corridor’s climate claims don’t hold up to scrutiny
The Maine DEP should do an independent review of the proposal’s impact on greenhouse-gas emissions.
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Maine Voices: Details of life on Portland’s streets lost amid policy controversies
A pastor who ministers to people who are homeless sees gratitude, generosity, hope and humor.
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Maine Voices: Rejection of Green New Deal overlooks urgency of ‘massive changes’
We must think big when it comes to climate change and legal and economic equality – but Congress, including Susan Collins and Angus King, doesn’t grasp that.
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Maine Voices: Homelessness raises key policy questions in Portland
Don’t settle on a shelter site until the community has weighed in on the city’s appropriate responsibility to the homeless.
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Maine Voices: Commission’s new approach aims to achieve better land use for rural Maine
Old rules will not protect wildlife habitat, rural economies and outdoor recreation as development pressure mounts.
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Maine Voices: Genocide inflicts wounds that last long after the killing stops
An event April 3 at USM will feature a therapist noted for her work with survivors and members of communities who’ve survived.