Maine Voices: Are heat pump consumers getting the benefit of federal, state incentive programs?

While I don’t begrudge installers getting a share of the opportunity created by both strong demand and government support of heat pumping technology, rebates are for consumers.

Maine Voices: How the Farm Bill can help solve climate change

Farming of all sorts contributes to and suffers from climate change, but there is a lot that we can do to reverse that.

The Maine Millennial: ‘Hot Labor Summer’ continues its valiant move forward

The major worker actions going on across the U.S. shine light on the fact that some workers – farmworkers, actors, even teachers – are considered less deserving of union protections.

Hilary Koch: I am Batman

Jim Fossel: Bipartisan 2024 White House ticket? Forget it.

It’s true that voters aren’t enthusiastic about a Biden-Trump rematch, but there’s little evidence that they want No Labels’ vague alternative.

Commentary: Medical debt is making Americans angry. Doctors and hospitals ignore this at their peril.

Our View: Work authorization would help migrants, and the rest of us

The effort got a big boost last week with support from the conservative U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

Maine Voices: Joining Zero Foodprint has changed my life as a small-business owner

Their model is to pay farmers to practice regenerative agriculture to sequester carbon, which is good for the soil and for the climate.

Commentary: How we got endless summer breaks from school – and what we can do about it

Our kids went to school in the summer when the nation was young. With the right approach – and the right people to teach them – they can do so again.

Commentary: Congress needs to rein in ‘swipe fees’ to protect Maine consumers

The Credit Card Competition Act would stop Visa and Mastercard from hurting small business operators by reining in predatory swipe fees that are among the highest in the world.