Editorials - Portland Press Herald

Our View: Jump in number of drug-exposed babies another sign of Maine epidemic

by The Editorial Board September 15, 2015October 6, 2015

The state should help mothers get and stay in treatment so that their children grow up in stable homes.

by The Washington Post September 14, 2015October 6, 2015

A bill before parliament would give the government wide berth to control groups that do civic work.

by The Editorial Board September 14, 2015October 6, 2015

It’s no petty crime: It violates fair-chase rules and harms one of our state’s great resources.

by The Editorial Board September 13, 2015October 6, 2015

The cost of renewing programs to aid 9/11 first responders is a price we as a nation are obligated to pay.

by Mark Dubois September 13, 2015October 6, 2015

Criticism of bottled-water marketing fails to credit the company with sustainable management of the resource.

by Chicago Tribune September 12, 2015October 6, 2015

As other nations take in those driven out by civil war, Syria’s wealthy neighbors fail to step up.

by The Editorial Board September 11, 2015October 6, 2015

Rep. Bruce Poliquin’s deal with a GOP group in exchange for election funding should raise questions.

by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette September 11, 2015October 6, 2015

Energy lobbies’ short-term profit shouldn’t come before America’s long-term economic and security interests.

by The Washington Post September 10, 2015October 6, 2015

Any political agenda for Syria’s future is meaningless unless it is backed by boots on the ground.

by The Editorial Board September 10, 2015October 6, 2015

Women’s clinics like the one at Maine’s Togus VA medical center should be a model for systemwide change.