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Editorials
Opinions from the Portland Press Herald editorial board.
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Our View: Training of employees, public helps remove stigma of mental illness
Legislators should override the governor’s veto of a bill to expand school-based resources for at-risk students.
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Our View: Eugene Cole was a hero long before his tragic death
The slain deputy was a beloved family man and a compassionate police officer respected both by colleagues and those on the wrong side of the law.
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Our View: On food stamps, don’t follow Maine’s example
Congress should wait to act until we see what other states’ voluntary work and training provisions can do.
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Another View: Columnist, editor fail to grasp purpose of Hyde Amendment
It is meant not to prevent abortion or abortion coverage but to keep taxpayers from having to pick up the tab.
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Our View: Maine PUC should not sink ocean wind project
Saving customers a few cents would not be worth further damaging the state’s credibility as a business partner.
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Another View: Persistence, publicity and DNA pay off in Golden State Killer case
A former police officer’s arrest in a series of murders and rapes points up the need for better handling of evidence.
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Another View: Diversion of mail looked fishy, but it fooled USPS on a grand scale
The postal service even provided its own tub to hold corporate mail that piled up at an apartment that was not the sender’s intended destination.
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Our View: Gov. LePage’s veto threatens strained Maine child welfare system
In the wake of two young girls’ tragic deaths, legislators should reaffirm their support for a program that’s effective at identifying and helping at-risk kids.
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Our View: Complaints about Long Creek point to bigger problem
A system of community-based treatment programs, not a prison environment, would help troubled Maine young people develop the skills they’ll need to re-enter society.