Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and his majority party state House Republicans ran into a little trouble trying to force passage of draconian Jim Crow reboot voter suppression bills in the regular session, when House Democrats refused to participate and walked out on the last day at the 11th hour. Abbott et al. consider the growing […]

The states where COVID cases are increasing the most are almost entirely Republican. Why are Republican leaders hurting their supporters with anti-vaccination propaganda? Why did the former president, who suffered from COVID, quietly get vaccinated before he left office? Why did Republicans at CPAC cheer anti-vaccine remarks? Republicans such as Reps. Marjorie Greene and Lauren […]

Kevin Landry’s guest column (“Time to move on from a cancerous past,” July 11) highlighted the significant discrimination and challenges that Franco Americans overcame as they assimilated in our country. This is a history that should not be forgotten for, as Winston Churchill once said, “those who fail to learn from history are condemned to […]

With respect to the July 11 article regarding Lake Auburn and its allowable uses (“Swimming, more town restrictions all part of debate over Lake Auburn’s future“), nobody will ever convince me that allowing motorboats on Lake Auburn is less evasive than allowing people and dogs to swim in the lake. Boats leak oil and gas, […]

How can Mainers trust the lowest ranking power utility for three years running — Central Maine Power — to operate the second-largest Maine’s largest infrastructure project in our state’s history? A survey conducted by Escalent of Michigan shows customers have less trust in CMP than in 139 of the largest utilities throughout the U.S. Yet […]