Prisons, schools and health-care systems should not be run to benefit stockholders.
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Our View: Augusta focused on the wrong drug problem
It’s the number of opioid overdoses that demands to be treated as an emergency – not legal marijuana.
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Our View: Video visits won’t solve major challenges at Maine’s county jails
Increasing treatment funds is key to mitigating drug addiction and smuggling, and allowing contact visits builds the family ties that prevent re-offending.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: L.L. Bean boycott would harm the wrong people
Board member Linda Bean’s conservative political views shouldn’t outweigh the good the company does.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Deal would allow both Portland police and protesters to be heard
Restorative justice is the right way to settle charges resulting from a Black Lives Matter protest last July.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: LePage’s budget proposal is too stuck in the past
Lawmakers of both parties should find common ground without refighting old battles.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Clearer picture needed on use of body cameras by South Portland police
With the city set to adopt the technology soon, Chief Edward Googins should share the department's policy with the public.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Don’t put off deadline on implementing retail sales of marijuana
Lawmakers should try to finish the work within nine months, even if they don’t like the policy.
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Our View: Real ID law shouldn’t fly in Maine Legislature
The federal government is using the fear of terrorism to justify invading Americans’ privacy.
Posted inEditorials, Opinion
Our View: Research only way to ease rising cost of Alzheimer’s
The U.S. is urged to put $2 billion a year into studying the disease, and we’re halfway there.