Editorials - Portland Press Herald

Our View: Bill to put research to work deserves support

Practical application of solid economic research would benefit all Mainers.

If lawmakers see the upset as a referendum on the governor, this session will be interesting.

Maine may be missing out on less harmful ways to cut costs in the MaineCare program.

The current system hurts state tax collections and puts local businesses at a disadvantage.

If City Manager Mark Rees can’t explain what went wrong, an outside audit might make sense.

Instructions from the attorney general advise Poliquin to avoid things that he’s already done.

by Rob Walker, executive director of the Maine Education Association February 14, 2012

These bills are produced by a national lobby group and don’t fit the needs of Maine schools.

by The Baltimore Sun February 13, 2012

The cost of extending the tax holiday is substantial. But the cost of inaction is greater.

Gov. LePage must find a way to shepherd his ideas past the opposition, and to compromise.

by ANDREW WRIGHT February 12, 2012

Yet Republicans portray gay marriage and access to contraception as defining issues.