Editorials - Portland Press Herald

Another View: Trans fat ban will keep our treats from contributing to our deaths

by Bloomberg View June 18, 2015October 6, 2015

The FDA move could eventually prevent 20,000 heart attacks and save an estimated 7,000 lives a year.

by The Editorial Board June 18, 2015October 6, 2015

The ACA enables better access to birth control, helping the women most likely to terminate their pregnancies to keep from getting pregnant.

by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette June 17, 2015October 6, 2015

If the Trans-Pacific Partnership is really fair to the American worker, why has it been hidden from view?

by The Editorial Board June 17, 2015October 6, 2015

Policymakers should create systemic change to help prevent sick people and their families from turning to fundraising.

by The Editorial Board June 16, 2015October 6, 2015

More senior housing in walkable developments is needed to keep this positive trend moving.

by John Costin June 16, 2015October 6, 2015

Data provide a more reliable indicator of which states are safe than does the columnist’s imagination.

Virginia state officials should voluntarily end a practice that is unnecessarily punitive.

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

Tax-cutting is framing the debate – not the wish to keep one program from crowding out others.

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

The proposal takes a proven approach to packaging the Katahdin area’s natural assets.

by Andrew P. Soucy June 14, 2015October 6, 2015

Other states manage to survive without an income tax and Maine could, too.