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Moving fish around Maine’s waters may be legal. It’s also harmful. | Opinion

by Bob Mallard October 27, 2025October 27, 2025

The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is sending mixed messages by continuing this practice.

by Joseph O'Connor October 27, 2025October 24, 2025

Referendum Question 1 amounts to voter suppression, plain and simple. America has been down this disturbing road before.

by Bethany Allen October 26, 2025October 23, 2025

If we lose affordable health insurance, everything will be called into question.

by Sen. Matthew Harrington October 25, 2025October 23, 2025

This legislation isn’t about keeping Mainers safe. It’s about checking off a box for out-of-state gun control activists.

by Tamara Gallagher October 25, 2025October 24, 2025

Increased labor costs will be passed on to people already struggling with higher grocery and utility bills.

by Scott Milliken October 25, 2025October 24, 2025

The upcoming referendum is an opportunity to strengthen both our classrooms and our community identity.

by Roy Tucker October 25, 2025October 24, 2025

With hope in desperately short supply, we don’t need any more fecklessness.

This isn’t a partisan issue; it’s a fairness issue.

by Mark Roman October 24, 2025October 23, 2025

Economic and oversight concerns make this a bad idea for our state.

by Christina Bobrow October 23, 2025October 23, 2025

Do I believe anyone should be able to take away your gun (or mine)? I don’t. But I realize nuanced intervention can be necessary to prevent disaster.