Jim Fossel: McCarthy’s ‘agenda’ does Republicans no favors

It turns out everything Kevin McCarthy is willing to commit to in policy can fit on one sheet.

The Maine Millennial: Illegal immigration has America’s blessing

Politicians and big business benefit from undocumented immigrants in different ways.

Commentary: Is distant-water fishing, an often deadly profession, also among the most violent?

Brutality at sea – and the connection to forced labor on vessels – continues to go unchecked.

Commentary: Mitigating climate change begins in small towns

Things like microgrids, energy storage and solar panels can increase ever more valuable local self-reliance.

Douglas Rooks: Bureaucratic delays cut both ways on climate

We can't meet the challenge of our times under a system marked by regulatory delays.

Maine Voices: Modernizing U.S. foreign farmworker system isn’t just right – it’s critical

Farmers like us need multi-season access to the same highly skilled workers. Workers need that stability, too.

Maine Voices: Don’t dismiss fish farms’ threat to our state’s coastal waters

Based on the risks to water quality and sea life, an application for two 60-acre salmon farms off Bar Harbor should be rejected.

Commentary: Maine correctional system buckling under weight of staffing shortage

Longstanding staff shortages and an overreliance on overtime come with many costs.

Hilary Koch: Only call if you’re bleeding

Commentary: An attack on a Maine school librarian is an attack on democracy

The professional school library community will continue to uphold the principle of intellectual freedom. But we need your help.