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Our View: Allowing Maine judges leeway on fines a step toward equal justice

A new state law will help ensure that the poor aren’t punished more harshly than the rich for identical crimes.

Maine should take steps to avoid the fishery collapse seen in southern New England.

Mandating financial education would equip our young people for their adult lives.

by THE EDITORIAL BOARD May 10, 2016May 9, 2016

Turning police work into entertainment calls some officials’ motives into question.

by The Editorial Board May 9, 2016May 9, 2016

A proposal surfacing in Congress would undercut the success seen in places like Portland and Lewiston.

by The Editorial Board May 8, 2016May 7, 2016

UMaine’s pioneering new ‘flagship match’ program could add young people to our state’s aging workforce.

The layoffs of 22 people in Farmington show the fiscal pressures facing health care facilities.

Improving how these mistakes are reported and investigated would save lives.

It’s time to hear from the silent majority who back firearm access limits and safer guns.

by THE EDITORIAL BOARD May 3, 2016May 3, 2016

It bodes well for the hospital’s future that Rodney Bouffard’s priority is fixing the long-running staffing crisis that’s become an integral problem.