The Editorial Board endorses Maine House Speaker Sara Gideon to be Maine’s next senator.
Editorials
Opinions from the Portland Press Herald editorial board.
Another View: Will someone please listen to the Federal Reserve chairman?
Congress is running out of time to heed Jerome Powell’s desperate call to pass a ‘robust’ stimulus package.
Our View: Deaf Americans should not be left out of presidential debate
ASL interpreters, including a woman from Maine, opened last week’s event to more Americans.
Our View: Alfond grants are a bet on Maine’s future
A massive philanthropic commitment gives the state a chance to build its future.
Another View: Truth can’t be found along partisan lines
As citizens, we should educate ourselves more thoroughly on issues before attacking one another.
Our View: Out-of-state waste has no place in Maine landfills
Regulators and the Legislature should close a loophole that goes against the intent of a decades-old law.
Our View: Maine Republicans should stop reckless campaigning
COVID-19 can spread wherever people ignore public safety guidelines on distancing and masks.
Our View: Climate change effects becoming harder to ignore
Between smoke from West Coast wildfires and brown grass from a drought, Mainers could easily see how rising temperatures are affecting our world.
Another View: You can’t pin all inequality on racism
Two former Maine chief justices oversimplified a complicated problem.
Our Endorsement: Joe Biden should be our president
The COVID crisis gives insight into why President Trump is unfit for high office.