Opinion
Editorial: Gun locks and new city ordianances wins for safety
Free gun locks and two simple firearms ordinances are needed steps for safety in Everett.
Opinion
Editorial: Trump decision doesn’t end the crisis at border
The president is right that Congress must act. But he was wrong to use children as leverage.
Opinion
Editorial: State jobs a battlefield in Trump’s trade wars
Tit-for-tat tariffs between the U.S. and its trading partners will be felt sharply in Washington.
Opinion
Editorial: High school diploma just not enough for a good job
About 740,000 jobs will open by 2021, but too few students have the post-secondary education needed.
Opinion
Editorial: Quiz candidates on needed Social Security reforms
Social Security is now drawing from its trust funds. We have about 16 years before they run dry.
Opinion
Editorial: Local governments ignoring law on electric cars
A 2007 law requires state agencies and local governments to buy electric cars. It isn’t happening.
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Editorial: Use FAA’s new review of Paine Field terminal wisely
Rather than re-litigate old arguments, continue work to limit the impacts of commercial air service.
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Editorial: Canada’s crude oil pipeline threat to our sea, sky
Beyond an increased threat of oil spills, a jump in tanker traffic will harm the San Juan orcas.
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Editorial: Who or what to honor with new park’s name?
A new Everett park provides the opportunity to honor the memory of someone important to the city.
Opinion
Editorial: BPA power kept in public’s hands
Selling off the BPA would have meant higher electricity bills and loss of control of a public asset.
Opinion
Editorial: Pulling Planned Parenthood funds could backfire
The rate of abortions is falling in part because of the services that the agency and others provide.
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Editorial: Find better funding source for charter schools
Rather than wait for a court ruling, lawmakers need to find reliable funding for charter schools.
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Editorial: Balance the ballast in Coast Guard act
Good legislation is aground in the Senate in a disagreement over ballast and invasive species.
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Editorial: Postage paid for now, but let’s make it stick
Except for King County, which will pay for its voters, the state will pay ballot postage this year.
Opinion
Editorial: State ready to take on student loan watchdog role
With a federal agency hamstrung, it’s lucky the state passed a student loan bill of rights this year.
Opinion
Editorial: Health district should adopt needle exchange
Run in Everett for decades, the program’s harm reduction benefits the public and those using drugs.
Opinion
Parker: Hurrah for freed hostages, but there’s long path ahead
Not to let the facts rain on Trump’s parade, but North Korea hasn’t given up its nukes yet.
Opinion
Editorial: Senate vote first step to protect an open internet
It may get no further, but it offers a starting point for legislation to restore net neutrality.
Opinion
Editorial: Verdict’s in on left-lane camping; move over
A state appeals court has clarified that left-lane dawdling on highways is a traffic infraction.
Opinion
Editorial: State should pay postage of returned ballots
The governor and Legislature need to provide the same access that King County just gave its voters.