Jim Fossel: Don’t let NIMBYs block progress

Around Maine, selfish local objections stand in the way of much-needed infrastructure, energy and affordable-housing proposals.

David Flanagan: To forge clean-energy future, Maine needs hydropower, established utilities

Reducing carbon emissions will require a balance of carbon-free energy sources and more aggressive monitoring of CMP and Versant.

The Maine Millennial: Ignorance fuels cycle of restrictions on reproductive rights

If more people knew how women’s bodies work, laws like Texas’ six-week abortion ban would be less likely to pass.

Bill Nemitz: They ventured down the path of COVID-19 denial. Now they’re both dead.

Matt Finch, still grieving the loss of his parents, sounds an alarm for others.

Insight: Our country needs Congress to tax and spend

Decades of corporate growth and middle-class stagnation have put the economy on an unsustainable path.

Cynthia M. Allen: Texas abortion law is already saving lives. But there’s more to do to help children

Fort Worth Star-Telegram (TNS)

Commentary: As clock ticks down to midterms, tech should ramp up

Technology can get the kinds of big numbers that all democracies want in key elections, and safeguard people who turn out to vote.

Bill Nemitz: Introducing Maine’s latest bogeyman: Retroactivity!

They once cheered for their high-impact electric transmission project. Now, Question 1 opponents hide from it.

Maine Voices: Vaccine opposition both causes death and blocks others from care

My husband, who recently lost his unvaccinated twin to COVID, is himself awaiting surgery – and I don’t want anti-vaccine caregivers anywhere near him.

Community Compass: With Schoonerfest, a new Wiscasset tradition is born