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Twenty-five years ago, the ice storm of 1998 turned out to be one of Maine's deadliest natural disasters.

The absence of ranked-choice voting in state elections and the system of unelected constitutional officers deprive Mainers of their right to full and fair government.

The absence of ranked-choice voting in state elections and the system of unelected constitutional officers deprive Mainers of their right to full and fair government.

NORWOOD, Mass. - Janet M. (Sullivan) Dennis, 77, formerly of Waterville, Maine, was called home to God on Dec. 20, 2022, ...

We’ve gone down the “relief” road a long, long time. It’s time to consider a different route.

Rather than continually providing “relief” that’s never enough, wouldn’t it make more sense to assess income and sales taxes partly through counties and municipalities, as most states do, setting rates by local option?

In the 1960s, when Maine had poorly paid teachers, decrepit high schools and the lowest incomes in New England, it made little sense to increase property taxes to provide better schools. So Gov. Ken Curtis, with the aid of key Republican legislative leaders, enacted a progressive income tax in 1969 that lowered property taxes and […]

The external review was ordered after a federal jury found in favor of a retired detective who blew the whistle on suspected illegal information collection practices at the Maine Information and Analysis Center.

The people of Maine deserve to know what Gov. Janet Mills tried to do to select members of the press, and how willing established outlets were to give this whole story a good leaving alone.

The people of Maine deserve to know what Gov. Janet Mills tried to do to select members of the press, and how willing established outlets were to give this whole story a good leaving alone.