Editorials - Portland Press Herald

Our View: State-run virtual school better choice for Maine

Putting for-profit academies on hold allows time to design a system that puts students first.

by Los Angeles Times February 28, 2014

Tuesday’s decision sends a message that police can skirt the Fourth Amendment and not be punished for it.

Lawmakers should seize the chance to help thousands get healthier and reshape a broken MaineCare system.

Letting guards using deadly force against fleeing Maine Correctional Center inmates is justifiable only in very few circumstances.

by The Kansas City Star February 26, 2014

Though the canisters, shells and gas in the country are now secure, the people there are not.

The growing epidemic should be viewed in a broader context with other opiate abuse.

by Stephen Gaal February 25, 2014

The choice is not the St. Lawrence Arts Center or nothing; it’s whether a regional theater belongs in a residential neighborhood.

Salt and sand are neither the best safety blanket nor the most ecologically sound one.

DHHS program waiting lists are not a legitimate part of the MaineCare expansion debate.

Maine’s natural resource-based businesses won’t succeed without tough enforcement.