Editorials - Portland Press Herald

Our View: Anger-based politics stall state’s economy

by The Editorial Board April 18, 2016November 30, 2016

Maine is slipping backward on key indicators amid a focus on ‘socialists’ and ‘illegals.’

by Lorraine Dutile Masure April 17, 2016April 16, 2016

A description of Maine’s immigrants in a recent op-ed was wrong and hurtful to their descendants.

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

The person in charge of a $1.2 billion budget is accountable to no one but the governor.

The City Council should answer some nagging questions before it signs off on this plan.

Making 21 the legal minimum would help prevent vulnerable teenagers from getting hooked.

by The Washington Post April 15, 2016April 14, 2016

Instead, she seems to be placating Turkey’s leader, who’s been angered by a comedian’s insulting poem.

by The Washington Post April 14, 2016April 13, 2016

North Carolina and other states are responding to trumped-up fears, not any threat to religious liberty.

When the U.S. government won’t even enforce current law, how will it protect manufacturers?

By paving the way for studies of marijuana’s medical safety and efficacy, reclassification could benefit Maine patients and doctors.

by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette April 13, 2016April 12, 2016

Putting an end to the wars that are forcing people to leave their home countries is the only real solution.