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Builders work on the roof of one of the buildings that will compile the Four Corners Apartments on Beverly Lane near Evergreen and 79th Place SE on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, in Everett, Washington. DevCo, the real estate company creating the apartments, is receiving a $1 million grant from the city of Everett. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)

Opinion

Editorial: Cap on rent increases can keep more in homes

Bills in the state House would limit exorbitant rent hikes but provide landlords some exceptions.

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Opinion

Editorial: Calling on our better angels to build bridges

Countywide forums will seek to use civil discourse to mend political divisions in our communities.

Two drivers were hospitalized for serious injuries Monday night after a suspected DUI crash on southbound Interstate 5's ramp to I-405 in Lynnwood. (South County Fire)

Opinion

Editorial: Keep eyes on road and laws to limit traffic deaths

A record 745 traffic deaths in the state in 2022 calls for tightening of laws and drivers’ attention.

A gas pump is covered with a plastic bag during a fuel outage at a station in Smyrna, Ga., Monday, Sept. 19, 2016. Gas prices spiked and drivers found "out of service" bags covering pumps as the gas shortage in the South rolled into the work week, raising fears that the disruptions could become more widespread. Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal issued an executive order Monday aimed at preventing price gouging. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Opinion

Editorial: Don’t let oil industry skate on leaking tanks’ costs

A House bill would have the state insure underground gas tanks, but it may not provide enough funding.

Senate Bill 6617, which would largely exempt the Legislature from the provisions of the state Public Records Act.

Opinion

Editorial: Lawmakers shouldn’t weaken state Public Records Act

Rather than honor the act’s requirements, two bills would complicate requests seeking transparency.

The Snohomish County Auditor's Office is one of many locations where primary election ballots can be dropped off on Tuesday. (Sue Misao / The Herald) 20180806

Opinion

Editorial: Voting’s a duty, but should it be mandatory?

Legislation to require voter registration and voting needs more discussion among the public, first.

Herald columnist Julie Muhlstein received this card, by mail at her Everett home, from the Texas-based neo-Nazi organization Patriot Front. The mail came in June, a month after Muhlstein wrote about the group's fliers being posted at Everett Community College and in her neighborhood. (Dan Bates / The Herald) (Dan Bates / The Herald)

Opinion

Editorial: Treat violent extremism as the disease it is

The state Attorney General urges a commission to study a public health response to domestic terrorism.

Photo Courtesy The Boeing Co. On September 30, 1968, the first 747-100 rolled out of Boeing's Everett factory.

Opinion

Editorial: What Boeing workers built beyond the 747

More than 50 years of building jets leaves an economic and cultural legacy for the city and county.

Marysville School District Superintendent Zac Robbins, who took his role as head of the district last year, speaks during an event kicking off a pro-levy campaign heading into a February election on Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, at the Marysville Historical Society Museum in Marysville, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)

Opinion

Editorial: Voters have role in providing strong schools

A third levy failure for Marysville schools would cause even deeper cuts to what students are owed.

Vivian Dong, the founder of Safe Lynnwood, leads a group of protesters from the future site of a methadone clinic to the nearby Alderwood Boys & Girls Club on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2023, in Lynnwood, Washington. (Ryan Berry / The Herald)

Opinion

Editorial: Don’t let fear foil answers to opioid, other crises

A methadone clinic and mental health facility deserve communities’ support, not their opposition.

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)

Opinion

Editorial: Boot meaningless tax ‘advisory’ measures from ballots

The public needs better transparency on taxes; not an opaque push poll that serves no purpose.

Washington Future Fund

Opinion

Editorial: Fund could break inequitable cycle of poverty

State version of ‘baby bonds’ would provide capital for low-income young adults’ economic success.

An alleged drunken driver hit a bicyclist and crashed into a Marysville home, killing a 97-year-old woman Saturday. (Marysville Police Department) 20200829

Opinion

Editorial: Slow roll on changes to state’s police pursuit law

The new law may have resulted in a decrease in fatalities, but more data on its effects are…

Clyde Shavers

Opinion

Editorial: Shavers should step down from House veterans panel

His false claim, before his election, of serving on a Navy sub should keep him off a veterans…

Photo caption: Composting is a great way to reduce waste because it keeps food scraps and yard waste out of the landfill.

Opinion

Editorial: Limit food waste to feed more, pollute less

Food waste tossed into landfills adds to greenhouse gases and does nothing to address hunger.

Messages are left at a memorial in the parking lot of Kamiak High School Sunday, July 31, 2016, after a community vigil for the victims of a shooting that occurred early Saturday morning at a house in Mukilteo, Wash., killing three teenagers and wounding one. (Genna Martin/seattlepi.com via AP)

Opinion

Editorial: Adopt assault weapons ban, license requirement

To address mass shootings, gun violence and suicides, lawmakers should pass gun safety measures.

FILE - In this June 11, 2019 file photo, Justice Charles Johnson, left, Chief Justice Mary Fairhurst, center, and Justice Barbara Madsen, right, listen as Michele Earl-Hubbard, an attorney for a media coalition led by The Associated Press, speaks during a hearing before the Washington Supreme Court in Olympia, Wash., regarding a case that will determine whether state lawmakers are subject to the same disclosure rules that apply to other elected officials under the voter-approved Public Records Act. The Washington Supreme Court ruled Thursday, Dec. 19 that the Public Records Act does fully apply to state lawmakers by a 7 to 2 decision. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Opinion

Editorial: Lawmakers seek privilege that doesn’t exist

The potential for lawmakers’ embarrassment is no reason to withhold public records from the public.

The sun appears through cloudy skies Thursday, March 10, 2022, above the Legislative Building at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Washington lawmakers were wrapping up their work Thursday with final votes on a supplemental state budget and a transportation revenue package before planning to adjourn the legislative session. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Opinion

Editorial: State lawmakers’ to-do list chock-full of issues

Along with basic budget work, the Legislature must address education, safety, health care and taxes.

Eric Brossard displays his commemorative Drug Court graduation coin that reads, "I came with hope, worked and learned. I have a new life. A life that I've earned." (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)

Opinion

Editorial: Use drug possession charge as leverage for treatment

Marysville will use a misdemeanor law to address addiction. State lawmakers should follow suit.

FILE - In this March 9, 1995 file photo, trainer Marcia Hinton pets Lolita, a captive orca whale, during a performance at the Miami Seaquarium in Miami. The new owners of the Miami Seaquarium will no longer stage shows with its aging orca Lolita under an agreement with federal regulators. MS Leisure, a subsidiary of The Dolphin Company, said in a news release it completed acquisition of the Seaquarium on Thursday, March 3, 2022. (Nuri Vallbona/Miami Herald via AP, File)

Opinion

Editorial: A look back at select Herald editorials for 2022

The board addressed issues including a classic book, a captured orca, Juneteenth, dams and salmon and more.