Please join me in voting to reelect Gov. Mills. Maine’s education and workforce development initiatives are much stronger now than in the previous administration. Under Gov. Mills’ leadership, for the first time ever, the state fully funds its share of public education; the minimum teacher salary was raised to $40,000; the Career and Technical Education […]

Although I agree with the editorial praising the new James Webb Space Telescope (Our View, Sept. 13), I would like to quibble with one of the points the editorial board makes. (Call me a nit-picker.) The board writes that if the telescope had not worked as planned, it would have been “a historic boondoggle.” The Oxford […]

It’s difficult to try to name the most inept, anti-business move Paul LePage made while governor, but forcing energy giant Statoil (now called Equinor) to take its investment in offshore wind energy to Scotland, instead of investing in Maine’s waters, must be a contender. Maine lost jobs and private investments and the potential to be […]

Re: “Portland restaurant workers rally to oppose proposal eliminating tip credit” (Sept. 13): Readers should not be misled by the “about a dozen” restaurant workers who gathered to oppose Question D (a minimum-wage increase) into believing they represent a majority of the workers concerned. I am neither a member of the Democratic Socialists of America […]

Gov. Mills married a widower and instantly became the stepmother of five young girls. She is now a grandmother. As a mother and grandmother myself, I believe Gov. Mills relates to what I care most about: aggressive climate action. A Democrat, Gov. Mills has taken a leadership role in Maine, and the nation, to reduce […]

Re: The thousands of solar panels to be installed along Interstate 95 in Augusta, saving an estimated $7.2 million on the cost of electricity for state government over 20 years (Sept. 8): Twenty years for $7.2 million seems like a relative paucity, considering an overall nuts-and-bolts state operating budget. Just how many solar panels and […]

I have known Democrat Janet Mills for over 25 years. She posses great intellect and integrity and works tirelessly to make government more responsive to the needs of Maine people and businesses. Thanks to her strong leadership as governor during the COVID pandemic, Maine has one of the nation’s lowest infection and death rates. She […]

I enthusiastically endorse Democrat Teresa Pierce to be the next Maine state senator for Senate District 25, which includes Falmouth, Cumberland, Gray, Long Island, Chebeague Island and most of Yarmouth. I know Teresa well, having served with her in the Maine House for six years. She held important positions of leadership, including House chair of […]