Cleaning, transportation and schedule changes will add costs to already-stretched local budgets it Congress doesn’t act.
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Another View: Anti-Catholic bias behind the decline of parochial schools
Historical prejudice has denied public funding for church-run schools, even for secular programs.
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Another View: What Minneapolis can learn from Camden, N.J.
New Jersey’s police reforms aren’t a perfect model, but there are critical takeaways.
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Our View: Juneteenth offers reckoning on race
The holiday marking the end of American slavery is an occasion to consider the still unfulfilled promises of freedom.
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Our View: Open restaurants, closed polling places and meeting deep needs
A roundup of editorial topics in the 12th week of the coronavirus crisis in Maine.
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Our View: Equal rights decision something to celebrate
The Supreme Court’s decision offers long-overdue protection for LGBT people in the workplace.
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Another View: Don’t bungle the ending of America’s longest war
The U.S. should let progress, not politics, guide the pace of its withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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Another View: Press Herald to Trump supporters – go to hell
Bill Nemitz’s recent attack on the president – followed by an editorial calling for Trump to resign – have one reader questioning his own donations to the paper.
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Our View: In Maine, nationwide, more aid needed to keep economy afloat
A better-than-expected jobs report has buoyed hopes for a quick recovery, but fundamental problems remain that hint at a longer downturn.
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Our View: Masks critical to keeping down new cases of COVID-19
There’s a lot of noise around the issue, but the facts are clear: Face coverings significantly slow the spread of the coronavirus.