Lifting harvesting regulations and creating a market for the invasive species will reduce a serious threat to clammers.
Editorials
Opinions from the Portland Press Herald editorial board.
Our View: Lifelong ban on gay men giving blood is unjustified
A rule that was created during the early days of the AIDS epidemic reflects people’s fears, not real life risk.
Our View: Permanent housing best way to help homeless
New agency leaders should keep looking for long-term alternatives to emergency shelters.
Our View: Long summer break leaves kids behind
Year-round schooling would lessen the backslide children experience between grades.
Another View: DEP should gather data about phthalates in consumer goods
Invisible chemicals in plastics and lotions enter the body and stay there, posing serious health risks.
Another View: President’s border strategy incomplete
Responding to the crisis will take more than money to care for children who arrive illegally.
Our View: New South Portland tar sand rules honor voters’ intent
The deliberate work by the council produced a better ordinance than the rejected referendum.
Another View: Governor can’t hide from his remarks on Social Security
Slapping the ‘welfare’ tag on programs he doesn’t like shows he will make up facts to back his agenda.
Our View: Skipping vaccines gives disease a foothold
The discovery of old small pox samples reminds us about the horrors that vaccines have spared us.
Our View: Justice demands effort to solve old homicides
Maine needs a full-time cold-case unit.