opinion Archives - The Portland Press Herald

Maine Voices: Open primaries a better reform than ranked-choice voting

by Joe Mackey Special to the Press Herald January 1, 2020January 1, 2020

California’s system would be an improvement over Maine’s experiment with ranked-choice voting.

by Richard L. Killmer Special to the Press Herald December 31, 2019December 30, 2019

This month’s COP 25 summit left much work for nations, organizations, churches and individuals to get the world to net zero by 2050.

by The Washington Post December 31, 2019December 30, 2019

Congress needs to curb the perfectly legal location data sharing that records the movements of every cellphone user.

by Victoria Morales and Cullen Ryan Special to the Press Herald December 30, 2019December 29, 2019

Today, 30 percent of our resources are being spent on 1 percent of our population because they remain homeless.

by The Washington Post December 30, 2019December 29, 2019

Congress wastes another year to bail out multi-employer pension plans covering 1.3 million unionized workers.

by Art Sears Special to the Telegram December 29, 2019December 28, 2019

Senate candidate Betsy Sweet should describe how caregivers and hospitals will survive if this solution is implemented.

by Tux Turkel Staff Writer December 29, 2019September 14, 2020

Young climate activists pick the wrong target for failures to act on the environment.

by Sarah Quinn Johnston Special to the Telegram December 29, 2019December 27, 2019

Ten years of off-the-charts cold is good preparation for winter weather anywhere else.

by Victoria Hugo-Vidal December 29, 2019December 27, 2019

Maine should focus on what we have (nature, breweries) and beef up what we lack (affordable housing, good-paying jobs, public transit).

As we head toward a Senate trial, neither party has grounds to express shock at how biased the process has become.