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Editorials
Opinions from the Portland Press Herald editorial board.
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Our View: Mills, lawmakers have obligation to aid legal system for low-income Mainers
Maine’s governor seems hesitant to call a special session. She should reconsider.
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Our View: LePage’s repeated use of ‘crack pipe’ irresponsible at best
Our state is in the grip of a devastating opioid epidemic. Let’s call it that.
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Our View: Wabanaki past and present an integral part of the Maine story
A new report shows that a 20-year-old Maine law mandating Indigenous studies is not being followed.
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Another View: Democrats should scuttle the debt ceiling before America hits the fiscal brink
The debt ceiling has routinely been raised over the years, a process that used to be uncontroversial. In today’s deeply divided Congress, that has changed.
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Another View: The public shouldn’t have to sue to get public information
The Freedom of Information Act remains a powerful but flawed law, with disclosure from some agencies coming only after legal action.
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Our View: Abortion rights are on the ballot. The Supreme Court put them there
Republicans, including Paul LePage, want to talk about anything else. But the end of Roe v. Wade means reproductive rights are in jeopardy.
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Another View: Trump’s latest violent, racist rhetoric cues usual Republican crickets
The wall of silence regarding his rant about Mitch McConnell’s and McConnell’s wife, Elaine Chao, is both pathetic and chilling.
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Another View: Link between Hurricane Ian, climate change is undeniable
If events like this don’t rally Americans to the cause of essentially warding off future disaster, then we will lose far more lives than were lost in Florida this past week.
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Our View: Maine can’t let up against unrelenting housing crisis
Gov. Mills and the Legislature have made progress in recent years, but it will take a sustained effort to build enough new units.