Ben Bragdon is deputy managing editor for local news, overseeing enterprise reporting projects for the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel. Ben was previously editorial page editor for those newspapers and Central Maine Sunday for more than 10 years. Before that, he was managing editor for weekly newspapers at Current Publishing in Westbrook. He began his career as a reporter at the Piscataquis Observer in Dover-Foxcroft and editor at the Moosehead Messenger in Greenville. He has a bachelor’s degree in history from Boston University.
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PublishedJanuary 29, 2020
Our View: State must fill growing gap in affordable housing
A bill now before the Legislature could double the units built every year in Maine.
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PublishedJanuary 27, 2020
Our View: Harsh state drug laws doing more harm than good
It’s too easy for Mainers struggling with addiction to end up with the burden of a felony conviction.
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PublishedJanuary 25, 2020
View from Away: California, Texas history textbooks suggest we’re living in two Americas
The San Diego Union-Tribune (TNS)
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2020
Will Bunch: Saudi Arabia murdered a journalist and blackmailed Jeff Bezos. Trump sent them US troops
The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS)
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2020
View from Away: The jury is out on whether Republican senators will take their impeachment oath seriously
Los Angeles Times (TNS)
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PublishedJanuary 24, 2020
Our View: Legislature right to take on packaging waste
Cardboard, paper and plastic from packaging and containers is filling up the waste stream, and costly taxpayers.
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PublishedJanuary 23, 2020
Commentary: Supreme Court should erase state laws that hinder religious freedom and school choice
Chicago Tribune (TNS)
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PublishedJanuary 22, 2020
Our View: It’s up to hunters to help bald eagles poisoned by lead
The state is working on a campaign to switch people to copper ammunition, and Mainers should listen.
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PublishedJanuary 22, 2020
View from Away: Five ways to still make your life and your community better in 2020
The Dallas Morning News (TNS)
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PublishedJanuary 20, 2020
Our View: ‘Deaths of despair’ call for a coordinated response
The increases in substance abuse, suicide and obesity are related, and need to be treated that way.
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