It seems unlikely that the Supreme Court will embrace Donald Trump’s outrageous claim that as a former president he enjoys absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions that he allege...
Californians have had weekend after weekend of cool, stormy weather and the Sierra Nevada has been blessed with a healthy snowpack. But the reality is that even the last few months have been more...
The Legislature busied itself with scores of comparatively meaningless proposals throughout the session just ended. Worse than voting the proposal down, it chose to ignore it.
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/04/21/our-view-inaction-on-red-flag-law-is-a-monumental-failure/
President Joe Biden’s botched rollout of a revamped financial aid form reveals a stunning lack of managerial competence. It has left colleges unable to tell millions of students how much they�...
The scuffle over permission for a wind energy facility on Sears Island offers a template for how not to take on climate change.
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/04/14/our-view-perfection-is-the-enemy-of-our-environment/
An influential federal committee that sets the country’s nutritional guidelines is considering reclassifying the potato as a member of the grain family, ostensibly as a strategy to combat a gro...
A bill that would place novel limits on digital marketing in the name of consumer protection could do more harm than good.
Stimulate the supply of future nurses. Improve pay and working conditions for those still working.
In Gaza, famine is imminent. To get urgently needed food, clean water, temporary sanitation facilities and medical supplies to more than 2 million Palestinians, President Biden ordered constructi...
New creativity needs to be brought to bear on the housing crisis and the private sector has a valuable part to play.
We really don’t need any more contention on this most sensitive of subjects.
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/03/24/our-view-closed-door-meeting-on-gun-policy-was-ill-advised/
After years of unacceptable neglect, the state now has three offices dedicated to representing people who can't afford to pay for legal counsel.
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/03/24/our-view-maine-finally-turns-a-corner-on-public-defense/
The effort by 16 Republican attorneys general to intimidate Maine out of a sound idea needs to be seen for exactly what it is.
The rejection of a proposal for an affordable housing project in Cumberland exposes the stubbornness – and shortsightedness – of self-interest.
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/03/10/our-view-voting-against-affordable-housing-in-this-economy/
By waffling over a sensible proposal for which there is ample precedent nationally, legislators are letting Maine down.
The great outdoors is our state’s greatest asset by far. With the right investment, our trails can pay major social, cultural and economic dividends.
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/03/03/our-view-investing-in-maine-trails-promises-a-rich-return/
In a few weeks, Scope Arena in Norfolk, Va., will be busy with activity as the city holds its annual NATO Festival, the longest continuous festival on the Hampton Roads calendar. It pays tribute ...
More highway lanes, more cars, more traffic. Elsewhere: 24-year-old deregulation of electricity supply has tens of millions to answer for.
Too many Americans are paying too much for housing.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin last week took responsibility for not notifying the White House when he was hospitalized at the beginning of January, an important first step in rebuilding trust wi...
They got the best of border negotiations and still said no, showing they have no interest in solving problems.
A landmark ruling against a public agency acting in bad faith sends a clear message to others.
All the tinkering in the world won't keep some schools from having good years when others aren't.
Is anyone really surprised to learn that bottled drinking water is loaded with tiny bits of plastic? The bottles are, after all, plastic. So are the caps. It stands to reason that microscopic bit...
The most responsible recovery from storm damage may involve walking away from places where damage is all but certain to happen again.
Families are getting help from local schools. What they really need are the resources to get by.
Once again, the federal government faces a shutdown of important services — only this time there are two precipices from which the nation will plunge if Congress doesn’t act. Under a complex ...
The Electoral College process is the only one we've ever known. That's not a good reason to stay with it.
Telling people to pay attention and drive slowly isn't working.
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/01/11/our-view-build-roadways-that-are-safe-for-everyone/
Clamor over Secretary Bellows' decision – from all sides – does more harm than good.
https://www.centralmaine.com/2024/01/07/our-view-let-the-ballot-eligibility-process-run-its-course/
In a ruling this week, the Michigan Supreme Court allowed Donald Trump to remain on the Republican primary ballot, rejecting the argument that the 14th Amendment’s ban on holding public office ...
Gun violence, homelessness and the climate crisis have taken their toll on our state. With the right efforts, the new year can be different.
President Joe Biden recently demonstrated the proper use of presidential clemency power when he pardoned thousands of people who had been convicted of various nonviolent marijuana violations on f...
Maine, like almost everywhere else on earth, has to get serious about fighting back against extreme weather.
As the waters start to recede, it ranks as the worst flood in Maine since 1987. At least four people are dead, and the damage is sure to measured in billions of dollars.
In exchange for approving a supplemental national-security bill providing aid to Israel and Ukraine, Republican lawmakers are insisting on a far-reaching crackdown on the flow of migrants at the ...
https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/12/18/view-from-away-democrats-make-a-border-deal-to-save-ukraine/
Big-picture changes in American life are playing into Maine's strengths.
Pressing ahead, House Republicans simply do not seem to care.
On Tuesday, U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York posed the same question to the presidents of Harvard University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of Pennsylvania, pro...
The crisis of homelessness is greater and more complex than ever. Our support of it should reflect this harsh reality.
America’s high schools face a growing crisis: Millions of students who entered ninth grade in the fall of 2020, at the height of the pandemic, are set to graduate this spring, with little hope ...
With the economy working very well for some and not at all for others, a targeted approach is required.
A federal appeals court panel handed down a decision last week that would hobble enforcement of the Voting Rights Act by holding that only the U.S. attorney general, not aggrieved citizens, can f...
It’s expected that barbs will be thrown, people called liars and opportunists and crooks. This isn’t that.
The commonsense proposals blocked by our elected representatives earlier this year have to be revived and passed – for starters.
When did universities become places where people started conversing less and expressing open hostility more?
https://www.centralmaine.com/2023/11/25/another-view-bring-informed-debate-back-to-universities-2/
The state's ability to recognize children in peril and act on their behalf is getting worse.
It is a full-time job to call out every one of Donald Trump’s lies and efforts to divide this nation, but his “vermin” address on Saturday deserves special attention. The ex-president and l...
With greater regulatory muscle, Maine can check off some of the boxes that dominated the public power campaign.
There is too much of a chance of something going wrong if Maine allows a mine in such an environmentally sensitive place.