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PublishedMay 17, 2012
MAINE COMPASS: $41M bond would cut into $150M funding gap for transportation
Last month, the governor and the Legislature agreed on the investments Maine needs to make in its highways and bridges.
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PublishedMay 16, 2012
COMMUNITY COMPASS: Hallowell links persist after 60 years
My first memory was at the age of 4 when we lived on Hallowell's Louden Hill. I was waiting for my mom, who was bringing home my baby sister, Eleanor, the last of us seven kids. She was named after our mom, Eleanor Falconi Routh.
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PublishedMay 16, 2012
MAINE COMPASS: Not all Legislature’s good work made headlines
In the fall of 2010, Republicans fought for and won majorities in both houses of the Maine Legislature for the first time in decades. Everywhere I went during that election season, people called for fewer regulations, lower taxes, more affordable health insurance and, most of all, jobs.
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PublishedMay 16, 2012
GEORGE SMITH: Newspapers using the Web because that’s where readers are
At last week's roundtable exploration of the future of Maine's newspapers, I came away with one piece of good news: Old people still love newspapers.
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PublishedMay 16, 2012
COMMENTARY: A topic too hot for Sunday news shows?
Last month, Thomas Mann and Norman Ornstein wrote a piece for The Washington Post's Outlook section that dared to suggest the unthinkable: Both parties aren't equally to blame for what ails Washington.
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PublishedMay 15, 2012
COMMENTARY: Lugar should have seen the writing on the wall
The Republican senator from Indiana lost his bid for a seventh term last Tuesday. So badly that he got 39 percent of the vote in the GOP primary. So badly that the guy he lost to -- state Treasurer Richard Mourdock -- had run unsuccessfully for office five times before.
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PublishedMay 15, 2012
MIKE TIPPING: Only new investment in education will make Maine lose No. 1 ranking
For the past four years, in a series of columns, I've been tracking the debt burden placed on Maine college students. In 2009, we were fourth in the nation in student burden. Last year, we were second.
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PublishedMay 14, 2012
MAINE COMPASS: Locally produced food is more sustainable way to grow
"Food, glorious food, We're anxious to try it. Three banquets a day, Our favorite diet!"
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PublishedMay 13, 2012
KATHLEEN PARKER: ‘News’ keeps economy on back burner
This past week's news cycle has produced two narratives:
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PublishedMay 13, 2012
COMMENTARY: Don’t do brunch for Mother’s Day
Of course we love those macaroni necklaces. And who wouldn't want another mug?
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