The ban would create a healthier environment for those most sensitive to smoke – children and seniors.
Editorials
Opinions from the Portland Press Herald editorial board.
Our View: For-profit school settlement deserves low grades
Many of the students misled by Education Management Corp. into taking out huge loans will have to fight to have those debts canceled.
Another View: Burundi’s grisly crisis is a political, not ethnic, conflict
President Pierre Nkurunziza triggered the unrest by seeking an unconstitutional third term.
Our View: LePage exploits fear with Syrian refugee ban
After attacks like the one in Paris, we need leaders who can stand up for our values.
Our View: Question 1 not the end of Clean Election reform
There are still too many holes for money to get into politics on the state and federal levels.
Our View: ‘Pay-to-play’ works for sports, but not for education
Academic priorities should come before athletic ones when distributing scarce resources.
Another View: Attributing feelings to animals need not be seen as unscientific
Field biologists have been trained to disavow emotion in wildlife, but that narrow viewpoint is changing.
Our View: Housing series probes depth of city rental crisis
Starting Sunday, ‘No Vacancy’ shows what’s at stake in the battle for affordable housing.
Our View: Maine AG’s lawsuit against abortion protester addresses valid civil rights concerns
Voicing one’s opinions at a volume that’s audible inside a private space is no longer free expression – it’s disruption.
Another View: Maine Voices columnist misinterprets ruling that shields basic worker rights
Michael L. Cadorette’s alarmist op-ed doesn’t say how Browning-Ferris could affect business operations or hiring.