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John Lovick’s first week
Transparency and engagement: Welcome back to the exec’s office and SnoCo lexicon, ye long-neglected values.
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When tragedies hit home
Tragedy intertwined. Two violent deaths in the course of 24 hours, two young lives extinguished, as families and…
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Lovick: ‘It’s about the people’
To understand John Lovick, the newly appointed Snohomish County Executive, is to recall the presence of those, seen…
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‘Social media’ overblown?
In business, like life, nobody wants to be left behind or left out. Everyone wants their business to…
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The murk of a free dinner
There is no veneer to Olympia, which makes it a curiously authentic, what-you-see town.
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Cheapening the estate tax
On Wednesday, legislators in Olympia scrambled to fix a revenue head scratcher. The problem centers on a mechanism,…
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A legacy of Brisenia Flores
In Snohomish County, human rights abuses are as invisible as its victims. Heart-rending cases of human trafficking, of…
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‘We’re so lucky we’re alive’
The gaping hole in the I-5 bridge over that Skagit River that was left for all to see…
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Honoring all who serve us
Memorial Day. At Everett’s Evergreen Cemetery, 70-something Legionnaires and Boy Scouts too young to serve plant mini-American flags…
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The signal from the bridge
On Tuesday, the local chapter of the American Society of Engineers gave Washington bridges a gentleman’s C-.
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Let’s toast the liquor law
How’s the state’s nearly year-old liquor-privatization law working out for everyone?
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The first cohort of scholars
The paradox of Washington’s public universities is the dual mission of serving as a research powerhouse while attracting…
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Learning from Oklahoma
The Oz-like nightmare of the EF-5 tornado that ripped through Moore, Okla., on Monday surpassed the force of…
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More candidates, please
Politics, the mad beast. As voters rant about inertia, about a tone deaf political class, a take-no-action response…
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Why Ernest Moniz matters
Dr. Ernest Moniz is a Beethoven lookalike, a bookish 60-something who could meander into an Edmonds Starbucks and…
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Higher ed remains the key
The mainspring for landing the Boeing 777X in Washington is higher ed and addressing the skills gap in…
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Invaders upset world order
Humans can believe we have “dominion” over the Earth, but Mother Nature always begs to differ. Usually in…
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Erosion of press freedom
Hell hath no fury like a journalist snooped upon. Thankfully, it’s a public-minded kind of fury, in a…
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Don’t change start times
The results of a recent Everett School District online survey about school start times are classic human nature…