Despite the rhetoric, investigators did not find many substantiated complaints of cheating.
Editorials
Opinions from the Portland Press Herald editorial board.
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Our View: Traditional recreation can coexist with park
Roxanne Quimby’s son represents the next generation of national park activism.
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Another View: Editorial oversimplifies pushback on Common Core
There are good reasons to be concerned about a system that will pressure local school districts.
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Another View: Labor Day editorial painted a too-rosy picture of unions
An organized workforce may be better paid, but that comes at much too high a price.
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Our View: Cutting physics major wrong budget solution
Just because the classes are small doesn’t mean that the program is unimportant.
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Our View: UMaine System recruiting money missing its target
The system is spending plenty to draw foreign students, but has no clear strategy for doing so.
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Another View: In popularity of e-cigarettes, there’s peril and opportunity
Is the rising popularity of electronic cigarettes a public health problem or a way for smokers to get their nicotine in a safer form? Right now, e-cigarettes appear to be both. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week announced that the number of youth who have tried e-cigarettes doubled between 2011 and 2012. […]
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Our View: Jail system study group must home in on reform
A flap over who’s on the panel distracts from the many real issues troubling the facilities.
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Another View: Study of 2012’s extreme weather shows we must head off warming
A recent report by a group of 78 scientists boosts the case for cutting emissions now.
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Our View: Step up prevention before heating oil spills
Mandating double-walled tanks could conserve fuel and keep the water supply cleaner.