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Editorial: Return Salomon, Robinson to state Senate

Jesse Salomon, in the 32nd, and June Robinson, in the 38th, have records of legislative success.

Catherine Berwicks loads ballots into a tray after scanning them at the Snohomish County Elections Ballot Processing Center on Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020 in Everett, Wa. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

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Editorial: Hobbs edges Anderson for Secretary of State

Both candidates have proven abilities to protect election integrity and assure voter confidence.

Election

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Editorial: Reelect Paul and Ortiz-Self to House seats

The 10th and 21st district House members have been successful with their legislation and advocacy.

Election

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Editorial: Low, Eslick should represent 39th in Legislature

New boundaries have changed the district; Sam Low and Carolyn Eslick offer a good fit for the House.

FILE - Emissions from a coal-fired power plant are silhouetted against the setting sun in Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 1, 2021. The Supreme Court on Thursday, June 30, 2022, limited how the nation’s main anti-air pollution law can be used to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from power plants. By a 6-3 vote, with conservatives in the majority, the court said that the Clean Air Act does not give the Environmental Protection Agency broad authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants that contribute to global warming. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

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Editorial: States must now take lead on climate change action

With the Supreme Court limiting the EPA’s authority, states must lead the work to reduce emissions.

PUD Generation Senior Manager Brad Spangler points out a megawatt meter for one of two generators that provide power to the City of Everett at the Henry M. Jackson Hydroelectric Project on Friday, July 23, 2021 in Sultan, Wash. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Editorial: Keep veteran Olson on Snohomish PUD board

A former employee and three-term commissioner, ‘Toni’ Olson offers experience and institutional knowledge.

Junelle Lewis, right, daughter Tamara Grigsby and son Jayden Hill sing “Lift Every Voice and Sing” during Monroe’s Juneteenth celebration on Saturday, June 18, 2022. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

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Editorial: Happy Independence Days, America

Linked by history and promise, Juneteenth and the Fourth of July should be celebrated together.

FILE - In this Oct. 19, 2016 file photo, a man fishes for salmon in the Snake River above the Lower Granite Dam in Washington state. Three Republican U.S. House members from Washington state are criticizing Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., for opposing their legislation that would prevent the breaching of four dams on the Snake River to help improve endangered salmon runs. (Jesse Tinsley /The Spokesman-Review via AP, File)

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Editorial: Waiting could force bad choice on dams, salmon

Work should begin now to begin replacing what four dams on the Snake River provide.

Joe Kennedy, a former assistant football coach at Bremerton High School in Bremerton, Wash., poses for a photo March 9, 2022, at the school's football field. After losing his coaching job for refusing to stop kneeling in prayer with players and spectators on the field immediately after football games, Kennedy will take his arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday, April 25, 2022, saying the Bremerton School District violated his First Amendment rights by refusing to let him continue praying at midfield after games. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Editorial: Court majority weakens church, state separation

The Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision does more to hurt religious liberty than protect a coach’s prayer.

A pregnant protester is pictured with a message on her shirt in support of abortion rights during a march, Friday, June 24, 2022, in Seattle. The U.S. Supreme Court's decision to end constitutional protections for abortion has cleared the way for states to impose bans and restrictions on abortion — and will set off a series of legal battles. (AP Photo/Stephen Brashear)

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Editorial: Court’s decision a subtraction from our rights

Using a cherry-picked history, it limits the rights of women and will extend the reach of poverty.

A Capitol Police Officer rests his hand near his gun as he works by the anti-scaling fencing outside the Supreme Court, Thursday, June 23, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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Editorial: Tough path for gun legislation becomes less clear

U.S. Supreme Court decision on gun laws clouds hopes for reasonable and effective safety measures.

FILES - Cars line up at a Shell gas station June 17, 2022, in Miami. President Joe Biden on June 22 will call on Congress to suspend the federal gasoline and diesel taxes for three months. It's a move meant to ease financial pressures at the pump that also reveals the political toxicity of high gas prices in an election year. (AP Photo/Marta Lavandier, File)

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Editorial: Gas tax holiday could end up costing us even more

President Biden’s request to suspend gas taxes offers little benefit and considerable risk.

A person taking part in a Juneteenth march in Seattle holds a sign that reads "This the new 4th of July," Friday, June 19, 2020. Thousands of people marched to honor the Juneteenth holiday and to protest against police violence and racism. Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, to take control of the state and ensure all enslaved people be freed, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

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Editorial: Bridging the gap between two days of independence

A forum will discuss what Juneteenth means for the Fourth of July and its promise to all Americans.

Reporters gather around Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., outside the House chamber during a vote on the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, named for the late Georgia congressman who made the issue a defining one of his career, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Editorial: Chance for reporters, readers to understand other

A Pew survey of 12,000 journalists offers insights into their work and their concerns for journalism.

CORRECTS A MISSTATEMENT BY MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY ABOUT THE ORIGIN OF THE SHOES - Camila Alves McConaughey holds a pair of green Converse tennis shoes similar to those worn by Uvalde shooting victim Maite Yuleana Rodriguez, 10, as her husband Matthew McConaughey, a native of Uvalde, Texas, joins White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre for the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, June 7, 2022. McConaughey said at the press briefing that his wife was holding a pair of sneakers worn by the girl. The shoes were similar, but they were not the girl’s sneakers. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

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Editorial: Window closing for Congress to act on gun violence

If it is to pass even modest reforms, the Senate must find agreement among 60 members within days.

The Snohomish Health District building in Everett. (Sue Misao / The Herald)

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Editorial: Health district joining county a timely move

A close partnership between the district and county during covid showed benefits of integration.

Police were dispatched to an apartment in the 9900 block of Holly Drive in Everett on Wednesday morning, where a man and a woman were found dead. (City of Everett)

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Editorial: County’s mayors warn of public safety crisis

Decreases in crime in recent years appear to have reversed, prompting cities to raise the alert.

An illustration the planned Lynnwood station for Sound Transit's Link Light Rail, now under construction and scheduled to be completed in 2024. (Sound Transit)

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Editorial: Sound Transit’s lax fare policy just isn’t fair

The agency, as it extends light rail to Everett while taxing its residents, must enforce fares.

Esmeralda Bravo, 63, sheds tears while holding a photo of her granddaughter, Nevaeh, one of the Robb Elementary School shooting victims, during a prayer vigil in Uvalde, Texas, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

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Editorial: A mindless loyalty holds back action on gun deaths

With large majorities in favor of tighter restrictions, it’s what prevents work to curb gun deaths.

Double sunset. Lake Ballinger, 12-30-18 David Carlos captured this image at Lake Ballinger. "Mother Nature performed a show of her own," he says. He used a Sony A7iii camera.

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Editorial: A Terrace creek puts infrastructure plan to work

Restoring Hall Creek’s meandering path will treat stormwater while providing a natural park.