Congress should not continue to block changes needed to modernize the agency.
Editorials
Opinions from the Portland Press Herald editorial board.
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Our View: Bad farm policy gets worse with stalemate
Cutting food aid and increasing subsidies is no way to promote access to healthy foods.
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Another View: Window of opportunity for carnage needs closing
People under temporary restraining orders shouldn’t be allowed to buy guns.
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Another View: Equilibrium necessary in mixed uses of waterfront
Protection of maritime character should be balanced with development.
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Another View: Schools that get a bad grade should view it as opportunity
Maine’s system is a trustworthy tool for accountability and targeted improvements
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Our View: For community college students, clock is ticking
As more two-year students seek four-year degrees, a uniform credit transfer process is long overdue.
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Another View: Risky move spotlights immigration law’s flaws
Current policy toward immigrants brought here as children punishes them for their parents’ deeds.
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Another View: Military recruiter proposals ‘failed on their merits’
Maine’s education chief is mistaken when he blames partisanship for the bills’ defeat.
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Our View: Agent Orange’s legacy lingers in Maine
After granting benefits to a dying N.H. veteran, the VA should review Gagetown disability claims.
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Another View: Autocrat escapes attention by rigging election quietly
What is a free and fair election? Some observers of the balloting completed last week in Zimbabwe said it wasn’t nearly as violent and tumultuous as the 2008 vote, which forced President Robert Mugabe into an uneasy power-sharing arrangement with rival Morgan Tsvangirai. Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, head of an African Union mission, said […]