Maine is due for a serious conversation on welfare reform – not just an exchange of slogans but also a real give-and-take about the best ways to fight poverty, use public resources wisely and build our economy. That’s why Gov. LePage’s promise to introduce welfare reform bills for the upcoming legislative session is good news. […]

A judge struck down a state law against cohabitation, not plural marriage.

Decades of hints haven’t worked, and we’re increasingly vulnerable to drug-resistant infections.

A judge and a task force voice well-founded skepticism about the government’s need for ‘metadata.’

Because the elderly are more frail, and therefore more likely to die in an accident, fatality statistics are skewed.