In Our View
Editorial: Protect state climate act’s funds for intended uses
The CCA fund’s shouldn’t go toward other needs. A better accounting of its spending is necessary
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Opinion
Comment: Proposed tax would hinder construction businesses
The ‘millionaires tax’ would hit the working capital that construction firms need to build communities.
Opinion
Comment: Budget cuts threaten access, upkeep of state rec areas
A loss of funding would cut employees and force closures of DNR sites that state residents enjoy.
Opinion
Comment: State can’t ignore need after federal cuts to health care
State lawmakers must adjust the budget to make up for federal losses to Medicaid and long-term care.
Opinion
Forum: Protect kids from fentanyl, other dangerous drugs at home
Legislation to add fentanyl to an endangerment law died in the House. But Everett has stepped up.
Opinion
Forum: Littering seems to be on rise; let’s become ‘Litter Gitters’
Fed up with trash that others strew? Grab a bag and join our ‘small acts of resistance’ movement.
In Our View
Editorial: Keep up efforts to fund new downtown stadium
More fundraising will be necessary, but the project is worth the public and private investments.
Columnists
Schwab: Why are we bombing Iran? Take your pick of explanations.
Justifying his actions neither to Congress nor the American people, a case is made for the midterms.
Columnists
Goldberg: Idea that Trump was antiwar was always delusional
Trump’s foreign policy is less a repudiation of neoconservatism than a belligerent mutation of it.
Letters
Letter: HeraldNet website changes weren’t for the better
Well, The Herald has made a major change the look of its website, HeraldNet.com. And like many of…
Letters
Letter: Thanks for engagine thoughts on Herald Opinion page
After reading Sid Schwab’s list of our President’s “achievements” (“Schwab: Sure, the SOTU address was a mess, but…
In Our View
Editorial: Hope flickers to ‘irrigate’ the state’s news deserts
Two journalism programs are joining forces, but the state still can help provide a funding source.
Opinion
Comment: Charter schools are public schools; fund them as such
A proposal to take back $1,500 per charter school student to balance the state’s budget is unfair.
Letters
Letter: Court ruling on salmon points to breach of least-productive dams
U.S. District Court Judge Michael Simon in a recent ruling identified a central issue for Northwest salmon recovery…
Letters
Letter: I don’t understand why Democrats in Congress hate America
I don’t understand. Democrats shut down the federal government for 43 days over Obamacare payments. Now they have…
Letters
Letter: What Republicans were applauding during State of the Union
Watching the response of many of the Republican members of Congress to some of the president’s comments during…
Columnists
Welch: Lawmakers should listen to public from all angles
Concerning the ‘millionaires tax,’ public comment deserves the same weight regardless of how it’s delivered.