Opinion
Editorial: Franklin’s considered approach warrants third term
The incumbent mayor has used innovation and concern for all residents to guide her leadership.
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Editorial: Elect Hem, Rhyne, Burbano to Everett council seats
The Aug. 5 primary will determine the top two candidates for Council Districts 1, 2 and 4.
Opinion
Editorial: Check state’s transportation road map from now to 2050
A state commission’s Vision 2050 plan looks to guide transportation planning across the state.
Opinion
Editorial: Perkins, in strong field, best for Marysville council
The fifth-grade teacher hopes to improve outreach and participation with neighborhood meetings.
Opinion
Editorial: Tragic Texas floods can prompt reforms for FEMA
The federal agency has an important support role to play, but Congress must reassess and improve it.
Opinion
Editorial: Dire results will follow end of LGBTQ+ crisis line
The Trump administration will end funding for a 988 line that serves youths in the LGBTQ+ community.
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Editorial: Using discourse to get to common ground
A Building Bridges panel discussion heard from lawmakers and students on disagreeing agreeably.
Opinion
Editorial: GOP should heed all-caps message on tax policy bill
Trading cuts to Medicaid and more for tax cuts for the wealthy may have consequences for Republicans.
Opinion
Editorial: RFK Jr., CDC panel pose threat to vaccine access
Pharmacies following newly changed CDC guidelines may restrict access to vaccines for some patients.
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Editorial: Congress must act on Social Security’s solvency
That some workers are weighing early retirement and reduced benefits should bother members of Congress.
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Editorial: A loss for Northwest tribes, salmon and energy
The White House’s scuttling of the Columbia Basin pact returns uncertainty to salmon survival.
Opinion
Editorial: Sell-off of public lands a ruinous budget solution
The proposal in the Senate won’t aid affordable housing and would limit recreational opportunities.
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Editorial: Let’s remember the ‘peaceably’ part of First Amendment
Most of us understand the responsibilities of free speech; here’s how we remind President Trump.
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Editorial: Ending Job Corps a short-sighted move by White House
If it’s jobs the Trump administration hopes to bring back to the U.S., it will need workers to…
Opinion
Editorial: Latest ballpark figures drive hope for new stadium
A lower estimate for the project should help persuade city officials to move ahead with plans.
Opinion
Editorial: Local shipyard should get shot to build state ferries
If allowed to build at least two ferries, Nichols Brothers can show the value building here offers.
Opinion
Editorial: ‘Big, beautiful bill’ would take from our climate, too
Along with cuts to the social safety net, the bill robs investments in the clean energy economy.
Opinion
Youth Forum: Just what are those kids thinking?
A sample of opinion essays written by Lakewood Middle School eighth-graders as a class assignment.
Opinion
Editorial: Housing Hope’s ‘Stone Soup’ recipe for community
With homelessness growing among seniors, an advocate calls for support of the nonprofit’s projects.
Opinion
Editorial: Loss of research funds threat to climate resilience
The Trump administration’s end of a grant for climate research threatens solutions communities need.