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Editorials
Opinions from the Portland Press Herald editorial board.
Our View: College loan rate debate focuses on wrong problem
The student debt crisis is caused by rising tuition and fees, not just interest rates.
Another View: Loophole left in law leaves little room for electronic privacy
A 1986 statute considers stored email to be abandoned property after only six months.
Our View: Consumers should have permanent watchdog
Sen. Collins should not support a filibuster on the nomination of Director Richard Cordray.
Another View: It’s time for House Republicans to do job, pass immigration bill
Now that the Senate has passed a sweeping bipartisan bill to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws, it’s the House’s turn to act. But as expected, Republicans in that chamber are once again insisting that the border between the U.S. and Mexico be sealed as a prerequisite to approving broader reforms. Unless 90 percent of illegal […]
Our View: LePage should back bill to close student food gap
Mandating school participation in a summer meal program will set more kids up for success.
Another View: President right to strengthen ties to key African nations
President Obama’s recent trip to Africa is a marker of the continent’s progress on freedom, democracy and the market economy. South Africa and Senegal, two of the three countries Obama visited, are two of the continent’s freest, and the third country, Tanzania, is freer than it once was. Most of Africa is at peace, though […]
Our View: High hospital salaries send jarring message
Highly paid administrators should be judged more on quality of care than on revenue.
Another View: Kerry’s focus on Israel-Palestine ignores other Mideast traumas
Syria’s raging war and Egypt’s collapse are major regional issues that deserve attention.
Our View: Don’t change policy on drug court relapses
The state is right to shift its approach to probation for other offenders, but the drug program works.