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Editorials
Opinions from the Portland Press Herald editorial board.
Our View: Immigration policy takes turn for the worse
A traffic stop by a Maine state trooper shows what can happen when police are encouraged to be a de facto deportation squad.
Our View: The future is now for self-driving vehicles
The Legislature is taking up a bill that lays the framework for autonomous buses.
Our View: Reports raise questions on Maine’s public health
The state is getting more unhealthy relative to the rest of the U.S., and we need to know why.
Our View: Republican tax bill lacks what middle class needs
Issues like lower health care costs, equal opportunity and secure retirement are forgotten by the GOP.
Our View: LePage’s stand on pot protects illegal market
Making marijuana legal without permitting legal sales precludes above-board investment.
Another View: Around the world, reporters are in jail for doing their jobs
Journalism is one of the institutions that try to hold the powerful accountable, and it is under attack.
Our View: Youth prison fails those it’s supposed to serve
Despite good intentions, Long Creek sends troubled youth further down the wrong path.
Another View: Fredette’s column appeals to unfounded fear of immigrants
The Republican candidate for governor makes false links between immigration status and violent crime.
Another View: Jones Act long outlives its original mission
The U.S. shipbuilding industry fails to benefit and justifications for the law ring hollow.