Editorials - Portland Press Herald

Another View: Let donated livers go where the neediest patients are

by Bloomberg News September 9, 2014September 8, 2014

Changing how the organs are allocated could save 554 lives a year.

by The Editorial Board September 9, 2014September 9, 2014

More Maine communities should consider programs that use personal data to find wandering adults. Families of kids with autism can benefit, too.

by The Editorial Board September 8, 2014September 9, 2014

Portland’s superintendent may have been on to something, but we’ll never find out.

by Andrew Meehan September 7, 2014September 6, 2014

Despite the criticisms of an ‘Orwellian state,’ the Real ID Act actually expands privacy protections.

by The Editorial Board September 7, 2014September 6, 2014

The rise in aggravated assault cases since strangling became a felony shows it’s being taken seriously.

by The Editorial Board September 6, 2014September 8, 2014

The Republican Governors Association repeats the false notion that people trying to escape death and torture are ‘illegal.’

by The Charlotte (N.C.) Observer September 5, 2014September 4, 2014

Henry Lee McCollum and his brother are freed after DNA evidence ties a 1983 rape and murder to someone else.

by The Editorial Board September 5, 2014September 6, 2014

A higher minimum wage, paid sick time and family leave are all key to greater economic security.

by The Editorial Board September 4, 2014September 3, 2014

Maine is fighting to keep federal funds instead of addressing the psychiatric hospital’s problems.

by The Editorial Board September 3, 2014September 4, 2014

The involvement of the governor and environmental commissioner amounts to a last-minute, high-profile gesture.