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Go over water safety with kids
For hearty Northwesterners like ourselves, and our kids in particular, it doesn’t take temperatures much above 75 degrees…
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Clear rules for cleaner waters
The Obama administration’s issuance this week of the Clean Water Rule to restore safeguards under the 1972 Clean…
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Tiny beads a persistent threat
Most of us give little thought to what we wash down the drain each morning after scrubbing our…
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Another plea for compromise
The news last week that the state could expect about $415 million more in revenue than was initially…
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Veterans’ stories, our history
Stories and photos help us keep our memories fresh, our thoughts of family and friends alive.
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Planting flowers to save bees and agriculture
Ladybird Johnson may have been onto something after all.
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Rights abuses hit a new low
While GOP presidential candidate Sen. Marco Rubio keeps going on about the wrongness of the Obama administration’s restoration…
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Federal gas tax increase is long overdue
The image of Congress kicking the can down the road again comes to mind, except this time lawmakers…
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Enough with the statements on education funding
This is why we’re almost certain to see Gov. Jay Inslee forced to call a second special session…
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Fines a poor way to fund state’s courts
The punishment for traffic infractions and other relatively minor violations of state law ought to hurt a little…
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Pope or Palin? You decide
A columnist for The Guardian newspaper, Kristina Keneally, a self-described “progressive Catholic” accuses Pope Francis of being nothing…
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End sweep-up of phone data
Americans cherish their privacy — as much as they value their security.
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Move forward with trade bill
It still faces a long slog, but after a defeat on a procedural vote in the Senate earlier…
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Second shot to reduce carbon
There may yet be some hope that the Legislature can pass carbon-reduction legislation this year.
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How to log and protect owl habitat
The city of Everett, which owns 3,729 acres at its reservoir at Chaplain Lake, north of Sultan, has…
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I-594’s foes fail to show harm
You can’t challenge the constitutionality of a law that hasn’t harmed you. Or in other words: No harm,…
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Bring back council committees
This may be of interest only to those who own a dog-eared copy of “Robert’s Rules of Order,”…
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Whistle blown on no-bid contracts
It’s a good thing we have whistle-blowers. Without them, without their courage to speak up, the public can…