The Seattle Times
Editorials
Our View: Minimum-wage hike eases child poverty
Children are already benefiting from the voter-approved law passed in 2016.
Our View: IRS enforcement lags, and taxpayers suffer
There are real-world costs to white-collar crime.
Our View: As 2019 begins, there’s hope for working government
Stalemate and dysfunction marked 2018, but a lot has changed.
Our View: Keep students working on Maine’s many snow days
School districts should be more free to experiment with “remote school days.”
Our View: Portland shelter filled by broken immigration system, failed leadership
The city, and Maine as a whole, has been generous. But the asylum problem must be solved at the federal level.
View from Away: Trump threatens to kill incentives for electric cars. They should be extended
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Our View: Poliquin’s noise aside, the fact is that Golden won
Under the rules governing the 2nd District race, Jared Golden received the most votes, and nothing else matters.
Our View: Mentally ill shouldn’t languish in Maine jails
A motion from a patient’s lawyer makes the argument that we can do better.