As a person in long-term recovery and an advocate in the recovery movement, I feel more needs to be done to stop the drug overdose crisis. One thing we can do is support the expansion of the state’s Good Samaritan law. This law currently protects a person who has overdosed and a person who calls […]

We’re out of Afghanistan ($4 billion a month), but the defense appropriations bill that Sen. Angus King supported allows increases even beyond what President Biden requested. Sen. Joe Manchin and friends nickel and dime programs that would have a much more positive effect upon our security than missiles and bombs, but the defense appropriations bill […]

I can remember how excited I was when I turned 21 and was eligible to vote. I went to Portland City Hall and signed up as soon as possible. I have voted in every election since then. To me and my husband, Carroll, being able to vote in local, state and national elections is a […]

I am an avid fan of the crossword puzzle and also the parent of a child who is transgender. While doing the Dec. 19 Sunday crossword puzzle by Frank Longo on Page H4, I was dismayed to see the clue for 96 down: “Actress Page.” The answer was “Ellen,” but I would expect a newspaper […]

Wouldn’t it be amazing if Sen. Susan Collins, in a moment of courage and conscience, voted in favor of the Build Back Better Act? By supporting the child tax credit and other reforms in the bill, she would singlehandedly be lowering the child poverty rate. Sen. Collins has voted against her party in the past […]

In his Dec. 18 Maine Voices column about the role of the state’s solar policies, University of Southern Maine professor Joseph W. McDonnell is wrong on a number of fronts. He misrepresents Maine’s net metering solar policy as a state subsidy, which it is not. He misrepresents who pays for the transmission and distribution costs […]

I am a retired registered nurse and lactation consultant. With the surge in COVID-19 cases, I am surprised that there is not more publicity about the importance of COVID vaccines for pregnant and lactating women. Unvaccinated pregnant women are frequently seriously ill from COVID-19 and at higher risk for delivering premature babies. Vaccinated women pass […]

Donald Trump and I are not close. When it comes to public policy, we disagree on just about everything. But I am going to go out on a limb here and ask him for a Christmas present. Counties that went heavily for Trump in the last election have seen much lower COVID vaccination rates and […]