Editorials - Portland Press Herald

Our View: Invented threat feeds hysteria over bathrooms

by The Editorial Board May 17, 2016May 16, 2016

For years, transgender people have been using public restrooms in Maine without incident.

by The Editorial Board May 16, 2016May 15, 2016

The federal government isn’t coming to the Katahdin region to steal land.

by The Editorial Board May 15, 2016May 15, 2016

The government’s response to allegations of overzealous policing has been inadequate.

by Tasha Marie Raymond May 15, 2016May 14, 2016

A lack of local food production puts Maine lives at risk in a disaster.

by The Washington Post May 14, 2016May 14, 2016

The nation’s largest health insurer is responding to lower cost competition.

by Bloomberg View May 13, 2016May 12, 2016

Yet Twitter is more than happy to sell all kinds of personal data on users to advertisers.

A new state law will help ensure that the poor aren’t punished more harshly than the rich for identical crimes.

Maine should take steps to avoid the fishery collapse seen in southern New England.

Mandating financial education would equip our young people for their adult lives.

by By WALTER J. ENO May 11, 2016May 11, 2016

By overstating the impact of a closed-door meeting, a recent editorial feeds public distrust of politics and the media.