We invented it, too. Douglas Rooks has been a Maine editor, columnist and reporter for 40 years. He is the author of four books, most recently a biography of U.S. Chief Justice Melville Fuller ...

Some political reforms deliver less than promised. Such is the case with ranked choice voting. Although it had been used previously in local elections, Maine became the first state to adopt ranked ...

Most questions passed, but several by narrow margins. Douglas Rooks The only clear winner was a substantial minimum wage increase that has so far resisted all attempts to roll it back. Ranked ...

Douglas Rooks has been a Maine editor, columnist and reporter since 1984. He is the author of four books, most recently a biography of U.S. Chief Justice Melville Fuller, and welcomes comment at ...