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Welch: State carbon auctions’ billions a costly climate illusion

Too little of the revenue is being used to reduce air pollution while costs are passed down to…

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Roadless Rule repeal will return forests to multiple use

The front page of The July 12 Herald presented the blaring headline “Rollback opens path for logging at…

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Snohomish PUD should rethink support for BPA market decision

The commentary by Bill Arthur and Marc Sullivan highlighted the Bonneville Power Administration’s misguided decision to join a…

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Horrified by the values Trump’s ‘BBB’ represents

I’m deeply disappointed in every member of Congress who voted for one of the most harmful bills in…

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Comment: Epstein saga engineered as conspiratorial catnip

Mixing actual investigations of child trafficking with supposition makes for intrigue that won’t die.

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Editorial cartoons for Wednesday, July 23

A sketchy look at the news of the day.

Sports

Gauging the MLB trade market ahead of July 31 deadline

Sean Murphy remains one of baseball’s best at his position. Well above-average at the plate with strong defensive…

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Five Seahawks training camp stories to watch in 2025

The Seattle Seahawks had their rookies report to training camp on July 15. The veterans will join them…

THis is an editorial cartoon by Michael de Adder . Michael de Adder was born in Moncton, New Brunswick. He studied art at Mount Allison University where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in drawing and painting. He began his career working for The Coast, a Halifax-based alternative weekly, drawing a popular comic strip called Walterworld which lampooned the then-current mayor of Halifax, Walter Fitzgerald. This led to freelance jobs at The Chronicle-Herald and The Hill Times in Ottawa, Ontario.

 

After freelancing for a few years, de Adder landed his first full time cartooning job at the Halifax Daily News. After the Daily News folded in 2008, he became the full-time freelance cartoonist at New Brunswick Publishing. He was let go for political views expressed through his work including a cartoon depicting U.S. President Donald Trump’s border policies. He now freelances for the Halifax Chronicle Herald, the Toronto Star, Ottawa Hill Times and Counterpoint in the USA. He has over a million readers per day and is considered the most read cartoonist in Canada.

 

Michael de Adder has won numerous awards for his work, including seven Atlantic Journalism Awards plus a Gold Innovation Award for news animation in 2008. He won the Association of Editorial Cartoonists' 2002 Golden Spike Award for best editorial cartoon spiked by an editor and the Association of Canadian Cartoonists 2014 Townsend Award. The National Cartoonists Society for the Reuben Award has shortlisted him in the Editorial Cartooning category. He is a past president of the Association of Canadian Editorial Cartoonists and spent 10 years on the board of the Cartoonists Rights Network.

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Editorial cartoons for Tuesday, July 22

A sketchy look at the news of the day.

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Editorial: In strong field, Sterba best for Mukilteo council post

James Sterba is a veteran Boeing engineer who offers a strong financial background.

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What are global ties of Everett AquaSox?

Major League Baseball is pursuing a global marketing plan. Everett is a tiny piece of it.

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Are we satisfied with direction of the U.S. government?

Is the party of Lincoln involved in revision of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address? We see a government developing that…

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Comment: Withholding weather data will harm disaster forecasts

Data from Defense satellites help with hurricane forecasts. What will follow is as important as why.

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Comment: ICE deportations ignore the promise of ‘never again’

Sending deportees to a third country leaves them open to persecution, a violation of global treaties.

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Help Edmonds celebrate Disability Pride Month on July 22

As one of your elected officials with a neurodiverse disability, I am proud that July is Disability Pride…

The U.S. Capitol pictured on March 25, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Shauneen Miranda/States Newsroom)

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‘Literally no way’: Idea of redrawing WA’s congressional map gets bipartisan brush off

U.S. House Democrats want to counter a move by Texas lawmakers to elect more Republicans. Washington state lawmakers…

A barred owl at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Oregon. (Ray Bosch/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

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Plans to shoot thousands of barred owls in doubt after feds cancel grants

The U.S. Forest Service plan is part of a strategy to save endangered spotted owls in Washington, Oregon…

Shay Whitcomb (10) of the Houston Astros looks to avoid Mitch Garver (18) of the Seattle Mariners tag at home plate to score off of Cam Smith's two-run RBI double during the fifth inning against the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park on Sunday, July 20, 2025, in Seattle. (Alika Jenner / Getty Images / Tribune News Services)

Sports

Mariners lose series finale

A depleted Houston Astros team avoids Seattle sweep.

Scottie Scheffler of the United States celebrates on the 18th green after winning The 153rd Open Championship at Royal Portrush Golf Club on Sunday, July 20, 2025, in Portrush, Northern Ireland. (Richard Heathcote / Getty Images / Tribune News Services)

Sports

Scheffler dominates Open, wins second major of the year

The easy joke that came to mind as Scottie Scheffler removed his cap and strode up the 18th…

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Comment: Supreme Court majority must show its work in rulings

Its silence in rulings on emergency docket cases risks appearing arbitrary leaves questions unanswered.