State Sen. Rebecca Millett, D-Cape Elizabeth, has introduced a bill that will require businesses with more than five employees to allow their workers to accrue paid sick leave. Entitled “An Act To Support Healthy Workplaces and Healthy Families by Providing Earned Paid Sick Leave to Certain Employees,” this bill is incredibly important for Maine people. […]

I believe changes in tax policies are used to reward some and hurt others. I am a retired union construction worker. I spent a lot of time working out of state, coming home only on weekends. I was able to deduct my expenses — hotel, meals, mileage and tolls; also union dues, safety clothing, steel-toed […]

Mary Jane Newell takes another turn at demonizing Democrats.

Lane points out that racism, in any form, makes life more difficult for those who are not white.

Let me start by saying I grew up in a family of Democrats. As I got old enough to understand politics, my eyes were opened. Whenever a Democratic governor (or president, for that matter) was elected, higher taxes were sure to follow. I keep asking myself — am I the only one who keeps seeing […]

It recently hit me why this nation has been in such turmoil during the past three years. The man in the White House is simultaneously a puppet and puppeteer. Is that possible? You bet. The puppeteer side of him, that which so disturbs the normal running of this country, is his craving to control just […]

Roberts responds to Jason Levesque’s guest column about Auburn’s agricultural zone.

Simpson questions the wisdom of a fancy new high school for Auburn that would cost unknown amounts for upkeep.