Let me see if I have this right: Republican senators voted against creating a bipartisan commission to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection. And, as the vote began, Sen. Susan Collins called out Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer for failing to support her amendment to the bill and blamed him for undermining the bill’s chances. Really? […]

Throughout Maine, too many residents cannot access health care. Our families and friends suffer and too often die because they lack coverage, or cannot afford high deductibles or expensive medications. In Maine’s current legislative session, many legislators support the enactment of an equitably funded, comprehensive health care system. Economic studies, some in Maine, convincingly demonstrate […]

“Year in, year out, no senator has matched her devotion to constructing bipartisan legislation in the interest of getting things done for her constituents and our country.” That’s what Dan Diller of the nonpartisan Lugar Center had to say about our senior senator, Susan Collins, when announcing that she has again been ranked as the […]

“Child care in crisis” (May 30) was a front-page allusion to canaries in the coal mine. I suspect that nascent child care entrepreneurs and others need a business plan revision if they modeled paying historically low wages to currently unattainable workers to provide for a profitably sized student body. Employers are experiencing a worker strike. […]

On Memorial Day weekend, the Press Herald prominently featured an Associated Press photograph of Rachel Schneider with the article headlined “Schneider poised for Olympic opportunity” (May 30, Page C1), blatantly disrespecting the American flag. This is deeply offensive to me and to many other people as well, I’m sure. I could be very happy for […]

Some have called upon our government to reduce foreign aid to needy countries in order to rebuild our economy and relieve the suffering of Americans during the pandemic. Is this wise? Although the United States gives more aid than any other country, we are the wealthiest country and our contribution is less than 0.2 percent […]

I am the owner of a small, successful and growing business in southern Maine that is quite dependent upon reliable electric service. I have been reading there is some radical proposal for the state to try to seize the private assets of Central Maine Power and Versant Power and replace them with a nonprofit organization […]

I write concerning the Associated Press news story published June 2, reporting the elation of Sen. Susan Collins on the potential of the reopening of the Maine-New Brunswick border and the harm the closing had caused to families and businesses in Maine. The story should have highlighted the pandemic experience, particularly health outcomes, on each […]