Our View: Low pay for state employees is hurting everyone

Compensation for state workers undervalues their work. As a result, both the workers and the work are suffering.

Our View: We have not nearly earned the right to quibble about gun control

Narrow and tendentious arguments against gun laws say they don’t - or won’t - make any difference. Pass the laws, find out.

Ethics panel reviewing formal complaint against state Senate president

Sen. Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, declared a second home in Augusta as his principal residence on his mortgage, and Republican critics say he should be investigated for potential violations.

Maine cannabis regulators consider new rules to expand consumer access

Maine’s gun laws couldn’t stop 2 deadly shootings this year. Are more laws the answer?

Violent incidents in Bowdoin and Westbrook have been used by advocates on both sides of the gun control debate to argue that the current laws don't work as intended.

Jim Fossel: Ignored special election typical of Maine Republican failure

Writing off a district may make administrative sense at close range. Zoom out, though, and you see it’s the result of dangerous disorganization and disunity.

Some Maine lawmakers missed 1 in 5 votes; others had perfect attendance

State legislators' voting records varied widely last session.

Even as new Maine law expands abortion access, providers worry about court rulings in other states

Maine could face significant restrictions on abortion access if a recent Texas appeals court decision is upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Jim Fossel: Maine needs to keep citizen initiatives in check

Let's not stand by while our elected officials are rendered irrelevant.

Maine supporters of a right to a clean environment encouraged by Montana ruling

Efforts to add the Pine Tree Amendment to the Maine Constitution are now being led by youth groups.