Editorials - Portland Press Herald

Our View: Maine DEP needs an advocate, not a lobbyist

A newspaper investigation shows an agency that puts corporate interests ahead of people.

by JIM BROWN June 17, 2013

The law is the law, even though most bicycle riders act as if the laws were just suggestions.

Devices that demand a driver’s attention are the most dangerous, even if they are hands-free.

by LISA DESISTO June 16, 2013

A catastrophic server outage affected the print newspaper and shut down our website.

The governor’s proposal to force increases in local property taxes would have been worse.

A Falmouth woman may wish she had not been charged, but it could have been worse.

by EDITH Y. DAVIDSON June 15, 2013

A program to aid immigrants isn’t something new.

Across-the-board federal spending decreases are affecting people who need help in Maine.

by REP. PETER DOAK June 14, 2013

If principals already allow uniformed recruiters on campus, why do they mind this new law?

The federal government should buy only American-made athletic shoes for U.S. troops.