Curbing soda consumption and federal subsidies for unhealthy snacks would benefit everyone, not just the poor.
Editorials
Opinions from the Portland Press Herald editorial board.
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Our View: ‘For-profit’ plans should be met with skepticism
Prisons, schools and health-care systems should not be run to benefit stockholders.
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Our View: Augusta focused on the wrong drug problem
It’s the number of opioid overdoses that demands to be treated as an emergency – not legal marijuana.
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Another View: Crippling fight against climate change won’t help Maine
Scott Pruitt was Trump’s pick because he fought the EPA and denies basic science.
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Another View: Reflecting on Obama’s legacy as he leaves office
The president came to office in a moment of economic crisis and leaves in a political one.
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Another View: Search warrant isn’t a license for police officer to shoot a dog
A judge for the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of police. But he’s wrong.
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Our View: Video visits won’t solve major challenges at Maine’s county jails
Increasing treatment funds is key to mitigating drug addiction and smuggling, and allowing contact visits builds the family ties that prevent re-offending.
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Our View: L.L. Bean boycott would harm the wrong people
Board member Linda Bean’s conservative political views shouldn’t outweigh the good the company does.
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Our View: Deal would allow both Portland police and protesters to be heard
Restorative justice is the right way to settle charges resulting from a Black Lives Matter protest last July.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Another View: French ‘right to disconnect’ wouldn’t work in U.S. offices
Legal limits on after-hours workplace communications would eat away at Americans’ famed productivity.