Opinion
Comment: Shutdown raises profile of childcare as an issue
With work requirements on or coming for SNAP and Medicaid, more families will rely on Head Start.
Opinion
Comment: Home Depot needs to confront its ICE problem
The day laborers it attracts aren’t employees, but customers expect to hire their help when the need it.
Opinion
Comment: Ignoring Trump, stock market believes in climate crisis
Green energy and cleantech indices are outperforming the overall market. You can partially thanks AI’s demand.
Opinion
Saunders: Shutdown is over; recriminations for Democrats aren’t
Except for a handful of heroes, the Democrats need to explain why they put so many through this.
Northwest
WA’s new ban on medical debt in credit reports at risk of federal override
The Trump administration wants to reverse Biden-era guidance on the issue.
Opinion
Did partisan rhetoric backfire on Snohomish city candidates?
Something interesting happened recently in the city of Snohomish mayoral and city council races. While Democrats performed well…
Opinion
Comment: U.S. climate efforts didn’t hurt economy; they grew it
Even as U.S. population and the economy grew substantially, greenhouse gas emissions stayed constant.
Opinion
Welch column unfairly targeted transgender girls
When Todd Welch was first brought on as a regular columnist for The Herald, he promised to be…
Opinion
Forum: Varied interests for ecology, civil rights can speak together
A recent trip to Portland revealed themes common to concerns for protecting salmon, wildlife and civil rights.
Opinion
Editorial: Public opinion on Trump’s tariffs may matter most
The state’s trade interests need more than a Supreme Court ruling limiting Trump’s tariff power.
Opinion
Comment: From opposite ends of crime, a plea for justice reform
A survivor of crime and an incarceree support a bill to forge better outcomes for both communities.
Opinion
Comment: Misnamed Fix Our Forest Act would worsen wildfire risk
The U.S. Senate bill doesn’t fund proven strategies and looks to increase harvest in protective forests.
Opinion
Comment: City governments should stay out of the grocery market
Rather than run its own grocery stores, government should get out of the way of private companies.
Opinion
Forum: Grading students needs shift from testing to achievement
Standardized tests are alienating students and teachers. Focus education on participation and goals.
Opinion
What if a president abused executive powers?
I hear by the news that Learning Resources Inc. v Trump has been argued recently before the Supreme…
Opinion
Comment: Epstein is an unreliable narrator; but then so is Trump
This week’s release of emails raises concerns and doubts that need a fuller disclosure to get to the…
Opinion
Schwab: Democratic Party was caught between caving and caring
Those who ended the shutdown ended the challenge but restored vital benefits, because Democrats care.
Opinion
A state income tax is fair and can fund our needs
The constant tug-of-war between raising taxes and cutting spending is maddening.
Opinion
Thanks to Mukilteo voters for their support of EMS levy
We want to extend our sincere gratitude to the residents of Mukilteo for their support of the Emergency…
Opinion
The Buzz: Shutdown? What shutdown? We’ got 20,000 emails to read.
Trump was tired of talking about affordability, until emails from a former friend were released.