After a very noisy and often reductive election campaign, a majority of Portland voters opted for greater regulation of leases and landlords. It’s not hard to understand why.
Editorials
Opinions from the Portland Press Herald editorial board.
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Another View: Election betting the next step in the gamification of U.S. politics
The prospect of an election betting market points out a troubling trend in our democracy.
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Our View: Join election workers in defense of democracy
Republicans have made attacking the integrity of elections central to their strategy. That’s dangerous.
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Our View: Inflation should not take center stage this election
When we act as if elected officials have responsibility for the host of economic variables that got us here, we let the ungovernable distract us from the governable.
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Another View: After decades of discriminatory enforcement, rethinking marijuana laws is long overdue
The work of balancing the scales after decades of a failed war on drugs is far from over.
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Our View: Republicans offer anger, but no real solutions, for lobster industry
Competing interests are colliding in the Gulf of Maine. It’ll be up to our elected officials to find a compromise.
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Our View: IRS hiring plans wildly and repeatedly overblown
A Republican Party line on the IRS seems to be predicated on the conviction that members of Maine’s middle class aren’t paying their fair share. Aren’t we?
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Another View: Jan. 6 hearing reminds us that democracy is on the ballot
The facts compiled by the House committee are clear, yet Republican leaders and millions of voters choose to believe otherwise.
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Our View: Emergency interventions on homelessness bound to have flaws
This deep into the crisis, this late in the year, inaction on providing shelter to Mainers in need is not an option.
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Here are the editorial board’s endorsements on Portland’s 13 ballot questions
Questions on the Nov. 8 ballot cover everything from short-term rentals to a ‘strong mayor.’ How did we get here?