A three-week quarantine for some day care charges shows the impact of forgoing immunizations.
Editorials
Opinions from the Portland Press Herald editorial board.
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Our View: Republican hardball puts key services at risk
People with intellectual disabilities are being used as leverage to kill Medicaid expansion.
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Another View: Eugenics and radical race groups also enjoyed clergy’s backing
A minister’s support of Planned Parenthood continues the tradition from history’s troubling corners.
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Our View: Help lost young Mainers realize their potential
The state’s youth employment push should focus on apprenticeships, job training and health care for the thousands age 16 to 24 who are neither working nor in school.
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Our View: U.S. getting low marks from foreign students
Maine isn’t immune as competition, cost and Trump-era immigration policies drive down overseas enrollment, forcing programming and job cuts.
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Our View: How to treat addiction like a chronic disease
A program that starts treatment in the ER has come to Maine, and it seems to be working.
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Another View: Expelling troubled students won’t prevent violence
Research shows that the ‘see something, say something’ approach increases alienation when it’s applied to schools.
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Our View: No easy call on Haspel, as Collins-King split shows
Gina Haspel’s record is troubling, but this administration is capable of much worse.
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Another View: ‘Shopping while black’ should not be a crime
Businesses should expect to pay a heavy price if their employees don’t get the racial-bias message.
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Our View: As midterm elections loom, voting systems still vulnerable to hacking
A Senate report detailing the 2016 Russian attacks should remind us of the risks we face in November.