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A new redistricting vision
Legislative fixes often track with the law of unintended consequences. Inspired ideas don’t always align with human behavior…
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UW, WSU need a doctor pact
We expect Washington State University and the University of Washington to scrap when they face each other in…
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State must check truck heights
Two inches. That was the difference between any other day for the I-5 bridge over the Skagit River…
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Oil train inspectors needed
Think the concerns about the dangers of more and more oil trains crossing the country and our state…
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Setting goals for prosperity
Before they get too much deeper into the session, state legislators would do themselves and their constituents a…
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With vaccines available, it’s dangerous in Fantasyland
Just how contagious is measles? Measles is so contagious that if one person has it, 90 percent of…
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Don’t limit chance to find job
When someone is released from prison we expect that person to turn his or her life around, get…
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Re-examine courthouse plans
Few in Snohomish County’s administration might admit it, but the city of Everett may have done the county…
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A few tweaks to election laws
The Legislature is considering a few pieces of legislation regarding elections, some more helpful than others.
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Support Y’s building projects
As the YMCA of Snohomish County builds new facilities in the next few years for the Stanwood-Camano Island…
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Getting officials on same path
If Snohomish County is going to see more than $81.8 million in projects as the Legislature hammers out…
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Reconsider Bertrand decision
As of Thursday, 430 people had signed a petition aimed at the Everett School District to reinstate Steve…
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Building a home for new lives
Snohomish County Prosecutor Mark Roe sees prostitution as something best addressed from its demand side and its supply…
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Apply the lessons learned from Oso slide
Months after the tragedy that took the lives of 43 people, the Oso landslide is still top of…
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Road help for mid-sized cities
You can forgive Mountlake Terrace, Arlington, Monroe and Snohomish County’s other mid-sized cities, those with populations between 10,000…
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Civil discourse honors King
For many there may be a tinge of unease to this particular Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
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Free tuition good investment
It will shock no one that having a college degree makes it easier to find work that pays…
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Pass Arlington school bus levy
We can appreciate a school district that takes care of its equipment, and in the case of school…