Life

Rotary Club of Everett honors Students of the Month for the fall semester

Each month during the school year, the Rotary Club of Everett recognizes and celebrates outstanding high school students…

The Seattle Seahawks will host the 49ers on Saturday. (Photo courtesy of the Seattle Seahawks)

Sports

Seahawks get familiar foe for NFC divisional round Saturday

Seahawks get familiar foe for NFC divisional round Saturday

Opinion

Comment: Supreme Court readies lifeline for House Republicans

A final gutting of the Voting Rights Act could swing districts to the GOP at all election levels

Opinion

Comment: Don’t punish Illinois, other states for Minnesota’s fraud

The withholding of funding of social programs looks suspiciously partisan and particularly unfair.

Opinion

Comment: If GOP wants to keep House, it must change direction

Regardless of what Trump does, Republicans must address affordability and federal spending.

Opinion

Comment: How Congress could push home sellers, buyers to make move

Tax credits could encourage buyers to take on mortgages at higher rates, while subsidies could also buy down…

Opinion

Comment: Europe must prepare for Trump’s plans for Greenland

The vast northern island may not be next on Trump’s list, but his threats and U.S. might provide…

Vice President Delcy Rodriguez of Venezuela arrives to be sworn in as interim leader in Caracas, on Monday Jan. 5, 2026. Authorities detained 14 journalists at the event, according to the local media union. (Alejandro Cegarra/The New York Times)

Opinion

Comment: 5 scenerios for what’s next for Venezuela, region and U.S.

Each has its advantages, disadvantages and uncertainties as the region’s leaders weigh risks and responses.

Opinion

Is Trump’s presidency God’s plan or a bad accident

American comedian and actor John Mulaney once compared the Donald Trump presidency to a horse that has broken…

Opinion

Trump’s actions in Venezuela a green light for China and Russia

In the long term scheme of geopolitics, we have reason to question whether we made the right choice…

Opinion

Both parties have strayed from moderation

I was glad to see the Forum column by Dan Hazen in the paper (“What share of blame…

Opinion

Forum column: Trump ignores ‘Love your neighbor’

Responding to the Forum column by Dan Hazen in The Herald I am a bit confused (“What share…

Opinion

Illegal fireworks: Can we just ignore laws at our discretion?

This may come as a surprise to some readers because it wasn’t mentioned in The Herald last month,…

Opinion

Much for nation to correct that once made us proud

“My country, right or wrong. If right to be kept right. If wrong to be set right.” I…

Opinion

Keep working for a better world

Thanks to Nicholas Kristof for helping us end the year on a hopeful note. (“Kristof: It wasn’t history…

Opinion

Comment: Calls for restraint amid screams of rage

Minneapolis feels like ground zero for something terrifying. Federal agents should deescalate and withdraw.

FILE - The sun dial near the Legislative Building is shown under cloudy skies, March 10, 2022, at the state Capitol in Olympia, Wash. An effort to balance what is considered the nation's most regressive state tax code comes before the Washington Supreme Court on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, in a case that could overturn a prohibition on income taxes that dates to the 1930s. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Opinion

Editorial: No new taxes, but maybe ‘pay as we go’ on some needs

New taxes won’t resolve the state’s budget woes, but more limited reforms can still make a difference.

Opinion

Schwab: Will murder of a mother by ICE at last remove all doubt?

If not the death itself, the lies in defense of the slaying should move MAGA to take a…

Opinion

Comment: Adding recycling laws could be drag on recent successes

The state has new laws that have increased recycling and composting rates. Let’s make sure they work.

Opinion

Comment: Congress should dust off 2019 plan to fix health care

The end of enhanced ACA subsidies offers a chance to reconsider the innovations in a GOP proposal.