We could have been part of a teaching moment about the virus, but it’s too late now.
Editorials
OUR OPINION: Ebola overreaction doesn’t bode well for a real crisis
Mandatory quarantines do little to stop the virus here, and nothing to help patients in West Africa.
Lift ban on exporting crude oil
US refineries not set up to process our light, sweet crude oil.
OUR OPINION: Low-income can’t afford LePage’s health care plan
High co-pays and out-of-pocket costs put care out of reach even with subsidized premiums.
Garment workers still in peril
More than 80,000 safety problems found in 1,106 factories in Bangladesh.
OUR OPINION: Research and development bonds would help reshape Maine’s economy
Strategic spending is necessary to bolster the industries that will carry the state in the 21st century.
Putin targets golden arches in Russia
Courts shut down nine Russian McDonald’s for ‘sanitary violations.’
OUR OPINION: Thumbs up, thumbs down
Voter turnout, child poverty and local food make the news this week.
Ebola czar lacks medical authority
Obama should have named someone who could speak languages of politics and disease.
OUR OPINION: LePage molds facts to fit his position on MaineCare
Governor creates even more confusion about expanding federally funded health care.