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Editorials
Opinions from the Portland Press Herald editorial board.
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Our View: Leaked data reveals tax code rigged toward the rich
Any conversation about how this country should meet its significant challenges must include collecting a fair share of taxes from the wealthiest Americans.
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Our View: Maine Legislature should send public power plan to the voters
Before making a historic investment in a new electric grid, Mainers should get to say what kind of company will run it.
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Another View: Alzheimer’s drug furor highlights U.S. health system’s failures
Is aducanumab a breakthrough or a boondoggle? U.S. health policy offers reason to worry.
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Our View: Maine prescription drug bills offer relief to stressed families
The proposals would help limit the constant price increases, which cost Mainers in more ways than one.
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Our View: Portland voters send clear message on charter
Candidates backing fundamental change swept the races for the city’s new Charter Commission.
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Our View: Maine drug laws only making bad situation worse
Treating substance use disorder as a moral failure to be punished is costly both in lives and tax dollars.
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Our View: Data center brings Millinocket into information economy
The same attributes that made the site valuable a century ago still appeal today.
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Our View: Summer school can be something different in the age of COVID
Distance learning has left many students behind. The summer months can be a way to catch up, socially and emotionally as much as academically.
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Our View: Stop shutting immigrants out of health coverage in Maine
A lesson of COVID that we should never forget is that we all have a stake in each other’s health.