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Comment: ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ hides ugly consequences for families

Urge your members of Congress to preserve funding for Medicaid, SNAP and more that aids communities.

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Comment: Why you don’t want MAHA as your nutritionist or doctor

Americans can make their own health choices; government helps best by informing those choices.

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Forum: Building WSU Everett as it grows our local workforce

Our region will need credential workers. Support for WSU Everett is key to meeting the needs of students.

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Forum: The arc of pride and mourning for a kid’s athletic dream

Disappointment when a child’s aspirations end allows finding acceptance and hope in new objectives.

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Editorial cartoons for Saturday, June 21

A sketchy look at the news of the day.

In this Sept. 2017, photo made with a drone, a young resident killer whale chases a chinook salmon in the Salish Sea near San Juan Island, Wash. The photo, made under a National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) permit, which gives researchers permission to approach the animals, was made in collaboration with NOAA Fisheries/Southwest Fisheries Science Center, SR3 Sealife Response, Rehabilitation, and Research and the Vancouver Aquarium's Coastal Ocean Research Institute. Endangered Puget Sound orcas that feed on chinook salmon face more competition from seals, sea lions and other killer whales than from commercial and recreational fishermen, a new study finds. (John Durban/NOAA Fisheries/Southwest Fisheries Science Center via AP)

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Editorial: A loss for Northwest tribes, salmon and energy

The White House’s scuttling of the Columbia Basin pact returns uncertainty to salmon survival.

The Indiana Pacers' Tyrese Haliburton (0) works against the Oklahoma City Thunder's Chet Holmgren during the first quarter in Game 4 of the NBA Finals at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on Friday, June 13, 2025, in Indianapolis. (Maddie Meyer / Getty Images / Tribune News Services)

Sports

Haliburton plays through injury as Pacers force Game 7

INDIANAPOLIS — For Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton, one good leg was more than enough to deny the…

Dallas Stars left wing Mason Marchment passes the puck as Edmonton Oilers defenseman Brett Kulak (27) applies pressure during the third period in Game 1 of Western Conference finals on May 21, 2025, in Dallas. (Smiley N. Pool / The Dallas Morning News / Tribune News Services)

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Kraken trade acquire forward Mason Marchment

The Dallas Stars announced they have traded forward Mason Marchment to the Seattle Kraken in exchange for a…

Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold (14) participates in a workout during day six of OTAs at the Virginia Mason Athletic Center in Renton on Thursday, June 5, 2025. (Photo courtesy of Edwin Hooper / Seattle Seahawks)

Sports

Seahawks’ Sam Darnold knows he needs to prove himself again

RENTON, Wash. — Sam Darnold knows what you’re thinking. If it makes you feel any better, he’s essentially…

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Schwab: At least those in the parade were having a good time

Denied a menacing ‘tone’ from parading soldiers, Trump’s countenance betrayed an unhappy birthday.

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Saunders: What Trump is seeking is an Iran with no nukes

There are risks if the U.S. joins in Israel’s war with Iran, but the risks are greater if…

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Comment: Ruling on gender-affirming care flawed, cruel

It deferring to state legislatures, the majority ignores precedent on serving the rights of minority groups.

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Kristof: Global hunger is easy to solve; actually, we had

Solutions for parasites and malnutrition are at hand. It’s the will to fund programs that is now missing.

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Comment: GOP retreat from gay marriage a threat to court ruling

Conservatives have already begun work, as they did with abortion, to overturn the gay marriage ruling.

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Editorial cartoons for Friday, June 20

A sketchy look at the news of the day.

The Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, which is one of the largest immigrant detention facilities in the western U.S. (Grace Deng/Washington State Standard)

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WA looks to strengthen safety net for children whose parents are deported

Detained immigrant parents worried who will pick their children up from school. Mothers who’ve been deported with infants…

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2025 Mercedes-Benz AMG G63 G Wagon Is Dream Worthy

A Quarter-Million Dollars Buys A Lot Of Vehicle

Seattle SuperSonics fans showed their support for the Miami Heat to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder during the 2012 NBA Finals. (Ronald Martinez / Getty Images / The Athletic)

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As Thunder near title, spurned Sonics fans can’t forget

SEATTLE — Across the Ballard Bridge (the 15th Avenue Bridge to locals), only a few miles north of…

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Comment: Immigration debacle shows failure as nation of laws

No fix will be possible until both parties stop using the crisis for their own political purposes.

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Comment: Padilla right to challenge Noem’s right-wing attacks

The senator broke protocol for a news conference, but identified himself and didn’t lunge at the secretary.