Editorials - Portland Press Herald

Our View: LePage oversteps bounds with hearing officers

These officials act as judges and should follow the law, minus the governor’s input.

A five-year contract with the civic center should prove beneficial to both parties.

by EDWARD GOOGINS April 22, 2013

People with mental or substance abuse issues need help before they get in trouble.

The group’s proposal to allow gay members but not gay leaders sends an erroneous message.

by DANA SAWYER April 21, 2013

Instead, what counts is what may happen if it is ever used to carry tar sands oil.

The Boston bombers might well have had only their own twisted motives, not larger ones.

by STEVE BROUMAS April 20, 2013

An intersection with no serious crashes in three years does not require improvement.

by PETER SIMMONS April 19, 2013

A private mutual health insurance corporation could benefit both workers and employers.

As long as the NRA has a lock on the passion and the money, federal gun-control proposals will fail.

As Boston reels from bombs, Capitol Hill and the White House are targeted another way.