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Our View: Maine shelters’ success changes rules of dog adoption

by The Editorial Board April 18, 2018April 18, 2018

As con artists exploit a rescue-pooch shortage, potential adopters should make sure they know who they’re working with.

by the editorial board April 17, 2018April 16, 2018

Temporarily preventing someone in crisis from possessing a gun could save lives.

by The Editorial Board April 15, 2018April 13, 2018

The state can create rules that limit the ability ofy businesses to profit from personal information.

by The Editorial Board April 13, 2018April 12, 2018

Policymakers should be alarmed by a suicide rate that outpaces the regional and U.S. rates.

Adult smokers who can’t quit are better off with e-cigarettes. But that might not be true for kids.

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

No concrete evidence has yet linked right whales’ deaths to the state’s lobster industry.

by THE EDITORIAL BOARD April 10, 2018April 10, 2018

The Second Amendment cements a right to bear arms, but it leaves plenty of room to argue over what that means in practical terms.

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

New fatality data should spur policymakers to make safe pedestrian road access a budget priority.

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

But in order to fight institutional racism, Americans must first own up to the fact that it exists.

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

His resistance to making naloxone more widely available has kept lawmakers from addressing the larger issues in the opioid crisis.