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Rooks: Maine primaries have waned, but they're still essential
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 2 years agoReady or not, Mainers vote in their primary election next week, June 14. A “primary election” –...
Rooks: The downside of Maine's so-called 'tax relief'
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn the 1960s, when Maine had poorly paid teachers, decrepit high schools, and the lowest incomes in...
Rooks: Guns do not equal freedom
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 11 months agoSince the 1970s, I’ve written editorials about what was then called “gun control.” In recent years, I largely passed over the subject. Back then, it was...
Rooks: Mills and LePage off to the races for Maine governor. Who has the edge in 2022?
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhatever discontent exists among young Democrats and independents about Mills’s unbending positions...
Rooks: Maine has reached the tipping point in the fight against gun violence
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe ripples of last week’s “mass shootings” – an inadequate term, but all we have – continue to...
Drought threatens an Indigenous tribe's farm in an isolated corner of Colorado
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA way of life and sustenance for a small tribe in the high desert of southern Colorado is under...
Rooks: Two young Maine Democrats to watch
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 8 months agoCongressman Jared Golden has stirred up a late-summer kerfuffle with a social media post concerning his earlier vote against President Joe Biden’s...
Rooks: Mainers should not be fooled by 'The Great New Hampshire Tax Myth'
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSince Paul LePage is running another anti-income tax campaign for Maine governor, it’s time to dust...
Rooks: Maine's next generation of lawmakers making their mark
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 12 months agoIf your taste runs to bold initiatives, then a call by Sen. Craig Hickman (D-Winthrop) for a...
Rooks: George Mitchell succeded by representing all the people, all the time
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 5 months agoGeorge Mitchell is 90. After a cancer diagnosis several years ago, he celebrated his latest...
