Commentary: Food stamps bill paves path to effective poverty and hunger solutions

A vote to reinstate pandemic-era public-private partnerships is a vote to stabilize Maine households.

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 Voices: What would fishing in Maine be without the wildlife?

Lead poisoning from fishing has for years been one of the leading causes of loon deaths. We want to change that.

Commentary: Maine is not meeting its obligation to children like my son

Without a critical change to the payment structure for special-purpose preschools, these schools cannot survive.

Tom Waddell: Teach the real history of race in America

Douglas Rooks: Bridges can unite communities, if we let them

The dispute over the Frank J. Wood Bridge between Topsham and Brunswick didn't have to go this far.

Commentary: It’s time to talk about fentanyl ingestion in children

The first problem is failure to test for fentanyl when a drug test is ordered. The second problem is timely recognition and treatment of opioid ingestion in children, which is nowhere near as rare as we like to think.

The Maine Millennial: No public mission, no public money

It’s the Bangor Christian School's style of faith that has turned my generation away from organized religion.

Jim Fossel: These days, why compromise at all?

America seems to have forgotten the meaning of the term. What we have instead freezes discussion and fosters discord.

Commentary: Maine’s alternative utility market experiment has been a failure

AARP Maine supports the Office of the Public Advocate’s call to repeal the program that allows retail electricity marketers to compete for residential customers.