2025 – Page 669 – The Portland Press Herald

Voter ID is a way to restore public trust | Letter

August 15, 2025August 15, 2025

I support voter ID. Maine people want voter ID. A valid identification is needed in many aspects of our civilized, legal life. The list is long for the requirements of a valid ID. Honest, trustworthy people realize the importance of proper identification. There are provisions in the proposed law for a free ID for anyone […]

Maine, News, Politics

Dr. Nirav Shah says he’s considering run for Maine governor

by Joe Lawlor August 15, 2025August 15, 2025

Shah, the face of Maine’s COVID-19 response, was a top federal health official in the Biden administration and has criticized the Trump administration’s public health priorities.

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Op-eds, Opinion, Steve Collins

Maine Republican leadership shouldn’t trade in MAGA outrage | Steve Collins

by Steve Collins August 15, 2025August 15, 2025

Now and then, the party shows glimmers of professionalism. Then they fade away.

Op-eds, Opinion

Organ donation improvements are saving more lives | Opinion

by Mark Brevard August 15, 2025August 19, 2025

Trust, technology and training are all keys in this complex, high-stakes area of medicine.

Letters

Beech leaf disease is not connected to timber harvesting in Maine | Letter

August 15, 2025

An Aug. 11 letter to the editor regarding timber harvesting — between 2016 and 2018 — on the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife’s Management Area in Hallowell (Jamie’s Pond) connected it to to beech leaf disease. While I appreciate the letter writer’s perspective, several assumptions need to be corrected. Beech leaf disease is an […]