The Legislature’s vote to deputize private attorneys as labor law enforcers “for hire” is an unnecessary, litigious and complicated shift in Maine’s approach to enforcing worker protection laws. Gov. Mills should veto L.D. 1711 and help Maine avert a crisis of new employment lawsuits that further downgrades our state’s abysmal reputation as a place to […]

A recent SurveyUSA public opinion poll shows that 75 percent of registered Maine voters support the idea of replacing Central Maine Power and Versant Power with a local, nonprofit, consumer-owned electric utility. Now it is up to Maine legislators Wednesday to vote “yes” and give us an opportunity to vote for Pine Tree Power Co. […]

What is so difficult for Mr. Martin Jones to recognize that it is not so important what percentage of all federal income tax the top 1 percent pay? (“Press Herald editorial repeats tax misconceptions” June 22) But what matters is the percentage of their income that they pay. If you’re making several hundred million dollars […]

On the For the People Act, Sen. Angus King voted “yes.” Sen. Susan Collins, once again demonstrating that her token “bipartisanship” does not extend to matters of principle, voted “no.” The explanation the Party of Trump has provided for its opposition to countering its craven efforts at voter suppression is that it would impose federal […]

In a few days the state legislature can decide to allow Maine people to take control of our State’s two failing electric utilities – CMP and Versant/Bangor Hydro – which rank at the bottom for reliability and customer satisfaction nationwide and charge high rates too. The Pine Tree Power bill sailed through the Energy and […]

Thank you for your June 14 article “‘Exceptional’ rainstorm heavily damages carriage roads at Acadia National Park.” You clearly articulate the effects of the storm, and your graphics are very helpful in visualizing the blow that this represents to Acadia. The cause of the damage – an exceptional amount of water dumped exceptionally quickly – […]

There is always hope. Hope has synonyms, courage, anticipation and expectation. Hope does not just live in people. Hope is a real tangible force for good in this life. Hope make survivors from victims. Hope makes people act against insurmountable odds and triumph. Hope prays when events and circumstances are formidable. Hope brings up resilience […]

I have read and seen the story about the state paying people to go back to work. That is bull! Why can’t they pay the people who have worked through this entire pandemic as a “thank you” for keeping the essential businesses going? I am sure that the people who were out of work were […]

I recently drove from Maine to Utah and back. I do not have an electric vehicle, but with thoughts of getting one in the future, I observed electric vehicle chargers at various service areas on interstates. In most cases, Tesla chargers were the only ones available or, at best, greatly outnumbered chargers for other brands […]