Editorials - Portland Press Herald

Our View: Prison shutdown exposes LePage’s weak leadership

by The Editorial Board February 11, 2018February 10, 2018

The governor can disrupt and delay, but he doesn’t have the skills to make things happen.

The EPA chief is doing lasting damage, but his boss’ antics are getting all of the attention.

by Bloomberg View February 9, 2018February 8, 2018

The outcome was not as much a vindication for Menendez as an indictment of the law against corruption.

by The Editorial Board February 9, 2018February 9, 2018

The Freedom of Access Act isn’t built to deal with officials who have no interest in transparency.

by The Editorial Board February 8, 2018February 7, 2018

Denying people health care won’t help them join the workforce, but getting them healthy certainly will.

by The Editorial Board February 7, 2018February 6, 2018

Those who know the system best should have input on a proposal to move to regional oversight and close five correctional facilities.

by Editorial Board February 6, 2018February 6, 2018

Cool analysis, not hot rhetoric, should be driving decisions on how to apply the law.

by The Editorial Board February 5, 2018February 4, 2018

Policymakers should examine how to replicate such successes elsewhere in Maine.

by The Editorial Board February 4, 2018February 3, 2018

Augusta’s dismissive treatment of citizen-initiated laws will be on the ballot this June.

by faye flam Bloomberg View February 4, 2018February 2, 2018

Despite assurances that bad things – pandemic flu, asteroids, nuclear attacks – are inevitable, we’re still unprepared for them.