Do residents of the Twin Cities really need to maintain their partnership with the Lewiston-Auburn Economic Growth Council? They do if they want a cost-effective way to continue to create local jobs. City councils in the Twin Cities are in the dreaded and frequently exasperating municipal budget process, and councilors on both sides of the […]
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Wrong toll total
An editorial published Tuesday on Page A6 should have said the combined toll for a six-axle tractor-trailer using Interstate 95 to leave Maine and cross New Hampshire would be $15. The information was incorrect.
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Prosperity runs north and south in New England
Take a map of Northern New England and stick a pin right in the heart of Boston, say the financial district. Now, tie a thread to it. It’s uncanny, but the further you stretch that string the poorer people get. In the counties just north of Boston, per capita family income is well over $60,000. […]
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BPA vote a defeat for outside money
After weeks of storm and fury, the effort to overturn Maine’s ban on bisphenol-A is likely to end in a whimper. The Maine House voted overwhelmingly Thursday — and we mean overwhelmingly — to phase out BPA when used in children’s products. The final tally: 145-3. A similarly lopsided vote is expected in the Maine […]
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A look back at the week’s news
State Rep. Cynthia Dill, D-Cape Elizabeth, may believe she’s answering her constituents’ concerns by sponsoring a resolution that aims to create a recall provision in Maine law that would let citizens initiate a process to get rid of an elected official. Dill’s proposal calls for a legislative committee, on which Dill does not serve, to […]
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Auburn schools inviting a clash over big budget
After getting slapped around the week before by the Auburn City Council for its proposed 2012 budget, the School Committee refused to cut a cent Wednesday and, as if in defiance, launched a new program to put $500 iPads in the mitts of kindergartners. Now that’s chutzpa! Superintendent Tom Morrill told the enthusiastic School Committee […]
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Maine’s new building code worth saving
A poorly built home is an affliction that worsens with age, tormenting succeeding generations of owners. And you don’t have to go far in Maine to find a bad one: Trailers that cost as much to heat as they are worth. Basements with running water — on the floor. Roofs that sag depressingly in the […]
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Want a casino? Then don’t duck voter approval
Pressure is mounting for Maine’s Legislature to rubber stamp a plan that, within a year, could more than double the number of gaming companies operating in the Pine Tree State. Backers of racino plans for Calais and Biddeford are asking for a law change that would allow them to start building. This is a bad […]
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LePage emerges from showdown with new attitude
Everyone knew Dad was gradually losing control, raging about one thing or another, offending everyone. That’s when family members all came to the same conclusion at the same time: Only an intervention could save him from himself. The political equivalent of that family drama played out Thursday in Augusta, as Republican legislative leaders confronted Gov. […]
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Students must concentrate on school, not work
Perhaps Rep. David Burns’ goal is to make another bad piece of child labor legislation look moderate by comparison. If that’s it, he’s succeeding. Burns, R-Whiting, thinks Maine should have no limit on the number of hours a Maine school student can work. Worse, his bill would result in students taking jobs away from adults […]