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Our View: Drug treatment again takes back seat to arrests

by The Editorial Board July 16, 2018July 15, 2018

The ‘new strategy’ unveiled by AG Sessions is the same approach that has failed in the past.

by the Editorial Board July 15, 2018July 14, 2018

Obeying the law on Medicaid expansion should not be a choice for the governor of Maine.

by The Editorial Board July 13, 2018July 13, 2018

If Gov. LePage really wants to help elderly Mainers stuck in unaffordable housing, he could start by freeing up $15 million in stalled bonds.

Relieving pressure on the system by moving it would solve problems, not create them.

by The Editorial Board July 11, 2018July 10, 2018

By reaffirming their support for a bill to end license suspensions for non-driving offenses, legislators put an end to a vicious cycle.

by THE EDITORIAL BOARD July 10, 2018July 9, 2018

If Pine Tree Zones can’t produce verifiable results, the program should be replaced, not tweaked.

by The Editorial Board July 9, 2018July 8, 2018

He transformed the agency from one informed by science into one dominated by industry.

by the Editorial Board July 8, 2018July 7, 2018

Welcome new bills would limit the size of the search zone and require agents to better document citizenship stops.

by The Editorial Board July 6, 2018July 5, 2018

New reports say that drugmakers touted painkillers as safe despite knowing early on that the medications were being misused.

President Trump’s executive order has failed to close detention centers or hold officials accountable for inhumane practices.