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Algorithm sums it all up
It’s funny. Back in the early 1980s, when Gannett proposed creating a national newspaper that would synthesize news…
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Giving teeth to Medicaid
The promise of enhanced access and preventive care was the force that through Congress drove the Affordable Care…
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The turning point on coal
Mark it down: March 25. That was the day the meltdown over coal-export facilities in the Pacific Northwest…
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Ensuring a natural legacy
At the White House on Monday, President Barack Obama signed a proclamation to establish a San Juan Islands…
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McCrossen Building’s fate
The McCrossen Building has inspired cringes lately for many reasons.
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‘Claw back’ is good policy
Tax policy is a barometer of political influence. Those with the sharpest elbows and the most loot snare…
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Tuning in to TV viewers
Like the invention of the universal remote control, here’s a great idea that benefits people who watch television:…
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Jail deaths require action
The 2011 death of 27-year old Lyndsey Elizabeth Lason is an action-forcing horror, a tragedy that demands more…
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Restore higher ed funding
In Washington, higher-education funding is (or at least should be) a bipartisan touchstone, a leg up for poor…
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Legacy of a long, sad war
The Iraq war testifies to the valor and sacrifice of the American soldier, just as it holds a…
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A genuine public servant
Booth Gardner’s life was elevated by privilege, bookended by suffering, and dedicated to the greater good. As Washington’s…
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Time for an Ombudsman
Ethical missteps (insert appropriate cuss word here) by Snohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon and company continue to demoralize…
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All bullies need stopping
Some Internet learning moments just keep on giving, unfortunately. On Wednesday, the article “Facebook search criticized” by Herald…
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A people’s vote on firearms
An absence of courage and a malleable Legislature hang together. House Bill 1588, a commonsense measure to address…
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Celebrating a timeless gift
In an era of budget austerity, volunteerism and private philanthropy mortar the cracks. Talent and time dedicated to…
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Defend public records law
You monkey with language, and a bill in the Legislature quickly betrays its stated mission. (Beware the intersection…
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Hanford’s historic legacy
The sole upside of leaking radioactive sludge from (at last count) six 1940s-era tanks at the Hanford Nuclear…
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Fight human trafficking
Sex trafficking is an unseen corrosive that spreads. Dark corners of an age-old industry obscured in cyberspace, elevating…
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Approve hemp farming
While Washington, Colorado, and the Justice Department grapple with the intricacies and implications of the states’ historic votes…
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Yes on Voting Rights Act
Voting rights are elemental, the centerpiece of a vital democracy. The question resonated decades ago, when Northwest families…