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FILE - A worker cleans a jet bridge at Paine Field in Everett, Wash., before passengers board an Alaska Airlines flight, March 4, 2019. Seattle-based Alaska Airlines owns Horizon Air. Three passengers sued Alaska Airlines on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2023, saying they suffered emotional distress from an incident last month in which an off-duty pilot, was accused of trying to shut down the engines of a flight from Washington state to San Francisco. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

Opinion

Editorial: FAA bill set to improve flight safety, experience

With FAA reauthorization, Congress proves it’s capable of legislating and not just throwing shade.

The author’s 19-year-old niece, Veronika, was among seven people killed by a gunman on May 23, 2014, in Isla Vista, Calif.

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Comment: I lost my niece to gun violence 10 years ago this week

Since then, Washington state voters and lawmakers have taken bold steps to discourage gun violence.

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Comment: Reroute of Harvey Field runway not worth flood risk

Without a projected need for expansion, the work risks flooding impacts to wildlife and residents.

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Forum: How we employ hope in our work toward what we hope for

When reaching goals takes time, do we use hope to sustain us or to redefine what we sought…

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Forum: As goes Boeing, so goes state funding for schools

Boeing tried to update the 737 on the cheap. The state has done the same in funding schools.

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Tufekci: Scarlett Johanson’s voice isn’t only thing AI is after

Humanity’s collective creative output is being repurposed and monetized as AI companies see fit.

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Schwab: MAGA GOP threatens supply chain of gobs to smack

Even if you ration your gobs, the week’s Republican outrages have created a nationwide shortage.

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Alternative is needed to 8-hour shutdown of I-5

I was in the catastrophic I-5 backup on May 16 trying to reach Marysville from Mukilteo. With construction…

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Herald, please bring back Today in History, professional sports scores

First off, thank you for continuing to publish The Herald. I have been a subscriber for many, many…

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Reasons why I’m voting for Trump

Someone may ask me why in the world would I vote for Trump?

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Goldberg: Did ‘wokeism’ die of success or disinterest?

An author derides the ‘New Progressivism’ she says canceled Lincoln, then died of success. It’s not that simple.

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Wegman: To the Supreme Court’s shame, it has no sense of it

Recent revelations about two justices have revealed little concern from the court or from Congress.

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Local News

Editorial cartoons for Friday, May 24

A sketchy look at the news of the day.

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Opinion

Editorial cartoons for Thursday, May 23

A sketchy look at the news of the day.

Opinion

Voters must know that Port of Everett’s district expansion is a tax

Thank you to The Herald Editorial Board for letting Snohomish County voters (except those in the two current…

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Support local journalism by supporting Herald reporters guild

The Sno-Isle Sierra Club supports independent journalism. We are impressed by The Herald’s generally excellent coverage of local…

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Demand Senate honor mothers by passing child tax credit bill

Moms are great. They love us, care for us, laugh with us, cry with us. Mother’s Day is…

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Bouie: Justice Alito is the true believer his flag says he is

The Supreme Court justice is just as vulnerable to motivated reasoning as any other political person.

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Krugman: Dow’s record high says as much about Trump as economy

Markets aren’t a good gauge of the economy, but they detect bull in Trump’s claim the economy is…

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Drivers could have helped limit mess from I-5 shutdown

While I was not involved in the I-5 northbound traffic backup on May 16, I noticed a number…