Alyson Austin moved from California to Maine to both care for her mother and escape renting. She purchased her mother's house, and she pays about half of what she paid for her California mortgage. She ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. A recent letter to the Portland Press-Herald on California’s Proposition 12 ...

Both Maine and California have laws to allow transgender athletes on women’s teams. Trump is going after Maine’s federal funding. A wave of issues are headed to litigation with federal funding at ...

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Alyson Austin, a 56-year-old public relations professional from Wells, Maine. It has been edited for length and clarity. I was born in Maine but ...