Editorials - Portland Press Herald

Our View: Maine does not need a voter ID requirement

Election reforms should aim to ease access to the ballot, not turn legal voters away.

By trying to confuse voters, a Republican PAC just makes its candidate look bad.

by REP. MARK BRYANT August 25, 2012

The tax cuts passed by the current Legislature will create shortfalls for the next one.

Public employees should not make political attacks in the course of their official duty.

by MARTIN JONES August 24, 2012

The Republicans offer a plan to bring the budget into balance. Where is the Democrats’?

But if there is too much room for exceptions, the ordinance could prove to be meaningless.

by Detroit Free Press August 23, 2012

It’s not in most people’s interest to let online purchasers avoid paying sales taxes.

by Raymond T. West, who lives in Topsham August 22, 2012

Spending under the previous administration made this Legislature’s cuts necessary.

Regulators should carefully evaluate whether a pay-per-patient system could work here.

Before he said ‘legitimate rape’ Akin was part of the Republican main stream on abortion.