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That doesn't mean they're ineffective.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/11/maines-child-welfare-system-needs-urgent-reform-opinion/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/DHHS-Maine-Office-032620-e1585178571222.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2020/03/DHHS-Maine-Office-032620-e1585178571222.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/11/maines-child-welfare-system-needs-urgent-reform-opinion/">Maine’s child welfare system needs urgent reform | Opinion</a> </div> <div class="summary">Our longstanding culture of deflection and double-speak has to end.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/10/its-time-for-democrats-to-reclaim-the-mantle-of-freedom-opinion/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Booker Senate Speech" decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Booker_Senate_Speech_73714_1079d4.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/Booker_Senate_Speech_73714_1079d4.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Booker Senate Speech" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/10/its-time-for-democrats-to-reclaim-the-mantle-of-freedom-opinion/">Time for us Democrats to reclaim the mantle of freedom | Opinion</a> </div> <div class="summary">My party needs to distance itself from 'big government' and bureaucracy.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/10/resistance-in-maine-is-broader-and-deeper-than-ive-ever-seen-it-douglas-rooks/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/41716852_20250405_Protest_Augusta_4539.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/41716852_20250405_Protest_Augusta_4539.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/10/resistance-in-maine-is-broader-and-deeper-than-ive-ever-seen-it-douglas-rooks/">Resistance in Maine is broader than I’ve seen in years | Douglas Rooks</a> </div> <div class="summary">Protest will only grow in appeal and participation as we go deeper into the second term.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/10/aging-resettling-and-starting-over-in-maine-opinion/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/07/Hiking1-1720118945.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/07/Hiking1-1720118945.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/07/Hiking1-1720118945.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/07/Hiking1-1720118945.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/07/Hiking1-1720118945.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/07/Hiking1-1720118945.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/07/Hiking1-1720118945.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/07/Hiking1-1720118945.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/07/Hiking1-1720118945.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/07/Hiking1-1720118945.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/07/Hiking1-1720118945.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/07/Hiking1-1720118945.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/07/Hiking1-1720118945.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/07/Hiking1-1720118945.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/07/Hiking1-1720118945.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/07/Hiking1-1720118945.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/07/Hiking1-1720118945.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/07/Hiking1-1720118945.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/07/Hiking1-1720118945.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/07/Hiking1-1720118945.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/10/aging-resettling-and-starting-over-in-maine-opinion/">Aging, resettling and starting over in Maine | Opinion</a> </div> <div class="summary">When life is changing, it's not about who has the best advice. It's about who stays in the picture.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/10/on-jan-20-i-drove-to-canada-to-apologize-opinion/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/AP18164566914592.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/08/AP18164566914592.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/10/on-jan-20-i-drove-to-canada-to-apologize-opinion/">On Jan. 20, I drove to Canada to apologize | Opinion</a> </div> <div class="summary">The lies and empty promises in Donald Trump's inaugural address forced my hand.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/09/opinion-a-lobsterman-should-not-pay-higher-taxes-than-a-wall-street-speculator/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="NerdWallet-Kimberly Palmer-Cash Stuffing Budget" decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/NerdWallet-Kimberly_Palmer-Cash_Stuffing_Budget_63282.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/07/NerdWallet-Kimberly_Palmer-Cash_Stuffing_Budget_63282.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="NerdWallet-Kimberly Palmer-Cash Stuffing Budget" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/09/opinion-a-lobsterman-should-not-pay-higher-taxes-than-a-wall-street-speculator/">Opinion: A lobsterman should not pay higher taxes than a Wall Street speculator</a> </div> <div class="summary">Maine needs to buck up and tax the rich.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/09/opinion-lets-help-maines-death-with-dignity-act-live-up-to-its-name/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/08/shutterstock_2205008669-1723922387.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/08/shutterstock_2205008669-1723922387.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/08/shutterstock_2205008669-1723922387.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/08/shutterstock_2205008669-1723922387.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/08/shutterstock_2205008669-1723922387.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/08/shutterstock_2205008669-1723922387.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/08/shutterstock_2205008669-1723922387.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/08/shutterstock_2205008669-1723922387.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/08/shutterstock_2205008669-1723922387.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/08/shutterstock_2205008669-1723922387.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/08/shutterstock_2205008669-1723922387.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/08/shutterstock_2205008669-1723922387.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/08/shutterstock_2205008669-1723922387.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/08/shutterstock_2205008669-1723922387.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/08/shutterstock_2205008669-1723922387.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/08/shutterstock_2205008669-1723922387.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/08/shutterstock_2205008669-1723922387.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/08/shutterstock_2205008669-1723922387.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/08/shutterstock_2205008669-1723922387.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/08/shutterstock_2205008669-1723922387.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/09/opinion-lets-help-maines-death-with-dignity-act-live-up-to-its-name/">Opinion: Let’s help Maine’s Death with Dignity Act live up to its name</a> </div> <div class="summary">An amendment to lift the mandatory waiting period would reduce the risk of prolonged suffering in pursuit of end-of-life care.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/08/steve-collins-maine-women-ought-to-be-included-in-state-house-art/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/P2025-03-31_125049-Jerri-Whitman-artist-at-Maine-State-House-in-Augusta-9.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/04/P2025-03-31_125049-Jerri-Whitman-artist-at-Maine-State-House-in-Augusta-9.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/08/steve-collins-maine-women-ought-to-be-included-in-state-house-art/">Steve Collins: Maine women ought to be included in State House art</a> </div> <div class="summary">Jerri Whitman's painted portraits should prompt those in charge of the halls in Augusta to get with the times.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/08/opinion-drug-rebate-bill-would-benefit-some-at-the-expense-of-many/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Drugstore Challenges" decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/Drugstore_Challenges_03358.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/10/Drugstore_Challenges_03358.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Drugstore Challenges" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/08/opinion-drug-rebate-bill-would-benefit-some-at-the-expense-of-many/">Opinion: Drug rebate bill would benefit some at the expense of many</a> </div> <div class="summary">With so many Mainers struggling to make ends meet, we cannot allow this well-intentioned but misguided legislation to become law.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/08/opinion-to-achieve-vision-zero-portland-should-start-cheap-and-start-now/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/41001259_20250119_lovebomb_0001.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/41001259_20250119_lovebomb_0001.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/08/opinion-to-achieve-vision-zero-portland-should-start-cheap-and-start-now/">Opinion: To achieve Vision Zero, Portland should start cheap and start now</a> </div> <div class="summary">The city has the basic resources to at least get started in the movement to eliminate pedestrian deaths.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/08/opinion-maine-needs-to-create-cabinet-office-for-energy/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/40505412_20241126_millsfuture_0002-1732824516.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/40505412_20241126_millsfuture_0002-1732824516.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/40505412_20241126_millsfuture_0002-1732824516.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/40505412_20241126_millsfuture_0002-1732824516.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/40505412_20241126_millsfuture_0002-1732824516.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/40505412_20241126_millsfuture_0002-1732824516.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/40505412_20241126_millsfuture_0002-1732824516.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/40505412_20241126_millsfuture_0002-1732824516.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/40505412_20241126_millsfuture_0002-1732824516.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/40505412_20241126_millsfuture_0002-1732824516.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/40505412_20241126_millsfuture_0002-1732824516.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/40505412_20241126_millsfuture_0002-1732824516.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/40505412_20241126_millsfuture_0002-1732824516.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/40505412_20241126_millsfuture_0002-1732824516.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/40505412_20241126_millsfuture_0002-1732824516.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/40505412_20241126_millsfuture_0002-1732824516.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/40505412_20241126_millsfuture_0002-1732824516.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/40505412_20241126_millsfuture_0002-1732824516.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/40505412_20241126_millsfuture_0002-1732824516.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/40505412_20241126_millsfuture_0002-1732824516.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/08/opinion-maine-needs-to-create-cabinet-office-for-energy/">Opinion: Maine needs to create cabinet office for energy</a> </div> <div class="summary">There are several very good reasons for this upgrade — which requires no new funding — to go ahead.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/08/opinion-party-invite-for-sen-susan-collins/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/AP24268596842586.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/09/AP24268596842586.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/08/opinion-party-invite-for-sen-susan-collins/">Opinion: Party invite for Sen. Susan Collins</a> </div> <div class="summary">Now might be the time to consider a move away from MAGA world. RSVP!</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/07/opinion-maines-libraries-and-museums-are-at-risk-congress-must-act/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/08/28755710_06library-1661286903.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/08/28755710_06library-1661286903.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/08/28755710_06library-1661286903.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/08/28755710_06library-1661286903.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/08/28755710_06library-1661286903.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/08/28755710_06library-1661286903.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/08/28755710_06library-1661286903.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/08/28755710_06library-1661286903.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/08/28755710_06library-1661286903.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/08/28755710_06library-1661286903.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/08/28755710_06library-1661286903.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/08/28755710_06library-1661286903.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/08/28755710_06library-1661286903.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/08/28755710_06library-1661286903.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/08/28755710_06library-1661286903.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/08/28755710_06library-1661286903.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/08/28755710_06library-1661286903.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/08/28755710_06library-1661286903.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/08/28755710_06library-1661286903.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2022/08/28755710_06library-1661286903.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/07/opinion-maines-libraries-and-museums-are-at-risk-congress-must-act/">Opinion: Maine’s libraries and museums are at risk. Congress must act.</a> </div> <div class="summary">In our state in particular, the stakes are incredibly high.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/07/opinion-to-me-dei-means-being-willing-and-able-to-make-new-friends/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Diversity State Laws Things to Know" decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/Diversity_State_Laws_Things_to_Know_96051_fb6275.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/04/Diversity_State_Laws_Things_to_Know_96051_fb6275.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Diversity State Laws Things to Know" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/07/opinion-to-me-dei-means-being-willing-and-able-to-make-new-friends/">Opinion: To me, ‘DEI’ means being willing and able to make new friends</a> </div> <div class="summary">It's that simple — and it's that complex.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/06/the-maine-millennial-republicans-cut-care-from-mainecare/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="maine millennial" decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/04/VictoriaHugoVidal03-250x250.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/04/VictoriaHugoVidal03-250x250.jpg 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/04/VictoriaHugoVidal03-250x250.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/04/VictoriaHugoVidal03-250x250.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/04/VictoriaHugoVidal03-250x250.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/04/VictoriaHugoVidal03-250x250.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/04/VictoriaHugoVidal03-250x250.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/04/VictoriaHugoVidal03-250x250.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="maine millennial" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/04/VictoriaHugoVidal03-250x250.jpg 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/04/VictoriaHugoVidal03-250x250.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/04/VictoriaHugoVidal03-250x250.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/04/VictoriaHugoVidal03-250x250.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/04/VictoriaHugoVidal03-250x250.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2019/04/VictoriaHugoVidal03-250x250.jpg?resize=128,128 128w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/06/the-maine-millennial-republicans-cut-care-from-mainecare/">The Maine Millennial: Republicans cut the ‘care’ from MaineCare</a> </div> <div class="summary">The fact that budget obstructionism is making their constituents' lives harder seems to be lost on GOP lawmakers.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/06/opinion-in-the-national-park-service-there-is-no-deep-state/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/2467990_20190331-Thunder-Hole-001.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/06/2467990_20190331-Thunder-Hole-001.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/06/opinion-in-the-national-park-service-there-is-no-deep-state/">Opinion: When it comes to the National Park Service, there is no deep state</a> </div> <div class="summary">Its only concern is for the future of America's best idea, one facing serious challenges.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/06/opinion-postal-service-privatization-is-no-remedy-for-budget-bloat/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="US Postal Service-Things to Know" decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/US_Postal_Service-Things_to_Know__57226.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/US_Postal_Service-Things_to_Know__57226.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="US Postal Service-Things to Know" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/06/opinion-postal-service-privatization-is-no-remedy-for-budget-bloat/">Opinion: Postal Service privatization is no remedy for budget bloat</a> </div> <div class="summary">The focus should instead be on how to build on the existing agency's strengths.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/06/jim-fossel-the-long-slog-toward-the-blaine-house-is-officially-underway/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Screen-Shot-2021-05-01-at-10.16.42-PM.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/05/Screen-Shot-2021-05-01-at-10.16.42-PM.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/06/jim-fossel-the-long-slog-toward-the-blaine-house-is-officially-underway/">Jim Fossel: The long slog toward the Blaine House is officially underway</a> </div> <div class="summary">Twenty months out, Secretary of State Shenna Bellows gets the ball rolling on the ridiculously long campaign to replace Gov. Janet Mills.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/06/opinion-maine-needs-the-u-s-department-of-education/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Trump Higher Education" decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Trump_Higher_Education_12985_e937f2-1743788454.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Trump_Higher_Education_12985_e937f2-1743788454.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Trump_Higher_Education_12985_e937f2-1743788454.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Trump_Higher_Education_12985_e937f2-1743788454.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Trump_Higher_Education_12985_e937f2-1743788454.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Trump_Higher_Education_12985_e937f2-1743788454.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Trump_Higher_Education_12985_e937f2-1743788454.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Trump_Higher_Education_12985_e937f2-1743788454.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Trump_Higher_Education_12985_e937f2-1743788454.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Trump_Higher_Education_12985_e937f2-1743788454.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Trump_Higher_Education_12985_e937f2-1743788454.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Trump Higher Education" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Trump_Higher_Education_12985_e937f2-1743788454.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Trump_Higher_Education_12985_e937f2-1743788454.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Trump_Higher_Education_12985_e937f2-1743788454.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Trump_Higher_Education_12985_e937f2-1743788454.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Trump_Higher_Education_12985_e937f2-1743788454.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Trump_Higher_Education_12985_e937f2-1743788454.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Trump_Higher_Education_12985_e937f2-1743788454.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Trump_Higher_Education_12985_e937f2-1743788454.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/Trump_Higher_Education_12985_e937f2-1743788454.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/06/opinion-maine-needs-the-u-s-department-of-education/">Opinion: Maine needs the U.S. Department of Education</a> </div> <div class="summary">Let me count the ways ...</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/06/opinion-yes-there-is-still-a-shared-american-story/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Trump Assassiniation Files" decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/02/Trump_Assassiniation_Files_29703_02c98b-1740083143.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/02/Trump_Assassiniation_Files_29703_02c98b-1740083143.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/02/Trump_Assassiniation_Files_29703_02c98b-1740083143.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/02/Trump_Assassiniation_Files_29703_02c98b-1740083143.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/02/Trump_Assassiniation_Files_29703_02c98b-1740083143.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/02/Trump_Assassiniation_Files_29703_02c98b-1740083143.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/02/Trump_Assassiniation_Files_29703_02c98b-1740083143.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/02/Trump_Assassiniation_Files_29703_02c98b-1740083143.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/02/Trump_Assassiniation_Files_29703_02c98b-1740083143.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/02/Trump_Assassiniation_Files_29703_02c98b-1740083143.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" data-lazy-sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/02/Trump_Assassiniation_Files_29703_02c98b-1740083143.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Trump Assassiniation Files" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/02/Trump_Assassiniation_Files_29703_02c98b-1740083143.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/02/Trump_Assassiniation_Files_29703_02c98b-1740083143.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/02/Trump_Assassiniation_Files_29703_02c98b-1740083143.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/02/Trump_Assassiniation_Files_29703_02c98b-1740083143.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/02/Trump_Assassiniation_Files_29703_02c98b-1740083143.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/02/Trump_Assassiniation_Files_29703_02c98b-1740083143.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/02/Trump_Assassiniation_Files_29703_02c98b-1740083143.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/02/Trump_Assassiniation_Files_29703_02c98b-1740083143.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/02/Trump_Assassiniation_Files_29703_02c98b-1740083143.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/06/opinion-yes-there-is-still-a-shared-american-story/">Colin Woodard: Yes, there is still a shared American story</a> </div> <div class="summary">If we’re to live in freedom, we must come together to embrace and defend it.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/06/our-view-delegation-must-find-new-ways-to-connect/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41546311_SJ.CITprotestSAP.031225-1743697152.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41546311_SJ.CITprotestSAP.031225-1743697152.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41546311_SJ.CITprotestSAP.031225-1743697152.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41546311_SJ.CITprotestSAP.031225-1743697152.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41546311_SJ.CITprotestSAP.031225-1743697152.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41546311_SJ.CITprotestSAP.031225-1743697152.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, 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https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/04/41546311_SJ.CITprotestSAP.031225-1743697152.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/06/our-view-delegation-must-find-new-ways-to-connect/">Our View: Maine’s delegation must find new ways to connect</a> </div> <div class="summary">If it's not going to be the in-person town hall meeting, it has to be something else.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/05/opinion-america-is-a-profile-in-complicity-and-cowardice/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Republicans Town Halls Utah" decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Republicans_Town_Halls_Utah_01259.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/Republicans_Town_Halls_Utah_01259.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Republicans Town Halls Utah" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/05/opinion-america-is-a-profile-in-complicity-and-cowardice/">Opinion: The government you elect is the government you deserve</a> </div> <div class="summary">Where are the voices of Obama, Clinton, Bush and other former government executives today?</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/05/opinion-irony-of-todays-politics-is-as-rich-as-elon-musk/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Trump Musk" decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Trump_Musk_65492.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/Trump_Musk_65492.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Trump Musk" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/05/opinion-irony-of-todays-politics-is-as-rich-as-elon-musk/">Opinion: Irony of today’s politics is as rich as Elon Musk</a> </div> <div class="summary">The current Republican administration is filled with people who are wholly out of touch.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/05/opinion-public-service-broadcasting-deserves-to-be-defended/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Congress Media 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href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/05/opinion-im-in-maines-top-income-bracket-please-tax-me-more/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="State Lawmaker Arrested Assault" decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/State_Lawmaker_Arrested_Assault_04298_c5a51a-1730917753.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/State_Lawmaker_Arrested_Assault_04298_c5a51a-1730917753.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/State_Lawmaker_Arrested_Assault_04298_c5a51a-1730917753.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/State_Lawmaker_Arrested_Assault_04298_c5a51a-1730917753.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, 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src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/State_Lawmaker_Arrested_Assault_04298_c5a51a-1730917753.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="State Lawmaker Arrested Assault" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/State_Lawmaker_Arrested_Assault_04298_c5a51a-1730917753.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/State_Lawmaker_Arrested_Assault_04298_c5a51a-1730917753.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/State_Lawmaker_Arrested_Assault_04298_c5a51a-1730917753.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/State_Lawmaker_Arrested_Assault_04298_c5a51a-1730917753.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/State_Lawmaker_Arrested_Assault_04298_c5a51a-1730917753.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/State_Lawmaker_Arrested_Assault_04298_c5a51a-1730917753.jpg?resize=128,128 128w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/State_Lawmaker_Arrested_Assault_04298_c5a51a-1730917753.jpg?resize=300,300 300w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/State_Lawmaker_Arrested_Assault_04298_c5a51a-1730917753.jpg?resize=400,400 400w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2024/11/State_Lawmaker_Arrested_Assault_04298_c5a51a-1730917753.jpg?resize=600,600 600w" sizes="(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/05/opinion-im-in-maines-top-income-bracket-please-tax-me-more/">Opinion: I’m in Maine’s top income bracket. Please tax me more.</a> </div> <div class="summary">If someone is making a million dollars a year here, they can afford to pay a little more to fund our schools and essential services.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/04/opinion-private-business-and-government-are-a-toxic-mix/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Trump Musk" decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/Trump_Musk_60475_d47624.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/12/Trump_Musk_60475_d47624.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Trump Musk" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/04/opinion-private-business-and-government-are-a-toxic-mix/">Opinion: Private business and government are a toxic mix</a> </div> <div class="summary">The current partnership between President Trump and Elon Musk is a case in point.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/04/opinion-medicaid-saved-my-life-we-cant-let-it-be-cut/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/41606701_20250318_Medicaid_08.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/03/41606701_20250318_Medicaid_08.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/04/opinion-medicaid-saved-my-life-we-cant-let-it-be-cut/">Opinion: MaineCare saved my life. We can’t let it be cut back.</a> </div> <div class="summary">Funding issues persist at both the state and federal levels. Many people will suffer if they are not addressed.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/04/opinion-its-time-to-modernize-eye-care-legislation-in-maine/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="California_Budget_49745" decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/California_Budget_49745.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1"><noscript><img width="250" height="250" src="https://w2pcms.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/06/California_Budget_49745.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="California_Budget_49745" decoding="async" /></noscript></a> <div class="headline"> <a href="https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/04/opinion-its-time-to-modernize-eye-care-legislation-in-maine/">Opinion: It’s time to modernize eye care legislation in Maine</a> </div> <div class="summary">The state's large and growing percentage of residents over 65 makes reform critical.</div> </li> <li class=""> <a href=https://www.pressherald.com/2025/04/03/steve-collins-just-who-the-heck-is-this-new-columnist/><img width="250" height="250" src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/plugins/lazy-load/images/1x1.trans.gif" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt decoding="async" data-lazy-src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/12/37776054_SJ.CITjanetmills.P12202310-1703033886.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" data-lazy-srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/12/37776054_SJ.CITjanetmills.P12202310-1703033886.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/12/37776054_SJ.CITjanetmills.P12202310-1703033886.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/12/37776054_SJ.CITjanetmills.P12202310-1703033886.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, 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src="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/12/37776054_SJ.CITjanetmills.P12202310-1703033886.jpg?w=250&h=250&crop=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" srcset="https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/12/37776054_SJ.CITjanetmills.P12202310-1703033886.jpg?resize=250,250 250w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/12/37776054_SJ.CITjanetmills.P12202310-1703033886.jpg?resize=32,32 32w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/12/37776054_SJ.CITjanetmills.P12202310-1703033886.jpg?resize=50,50 50w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/12/37776054_SJ.CITjanetmills.P12202310-1703033886.jpg?resize=64,64 64w, https://www.pressherald.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2023/12/37776054_SJ.CITjanetmills.P12202310-1703033886.jpg?resize=96,96 96w, 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