Douglas Rooks: Maine needs bold ideas to capture the moment

Commentary: Americans’ move to identifying as ‘independent’ foretells a change in political parties

Commentary: Maine lawmakers, regulators made child care as expensive as it is today

The state needs to examine regulations rather than continue to throw money at an industry that is rapidly disappearing, to the detriment of Maine’s economy.

Maine Compass: Certificate-of-need laws make Maine health care worse

Eduardo Porter: Fentanyl will win the war on drugs

Rep. Chellie Pingree: Corrupt Supreme Court must be reformed

With lifetime appointments, justices appear to think they’re above it all. If the court won’t alter course, Congress must impose changes.  

Nicholas Goldberg: Trump’s up in the polls. How can that be?

The Maine Millennial: Restrictions on MaineCare are hostile and shortsighted

Refusing to spend money on noncitizens' health care might save money in the short term. But the bill will come due.

Hilary Koch: Eliot Cutler and ‘child pornography’

Let's call the crime what it is, and maybe we won't be so easy on the perpetrators.

Commentary: Outdoor school programs should be available to all Maine students

A three-day, two-night outdoor school program for all schoolgoing Mainers? We can make it a reality.