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Support Sultan school bond
As employers and colleges have placed greater emphasis on high school students graduating with more education in science,…
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Public records’ balancing act
Should you throw away a tool because you disagree with how others use it?
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Renew tool that fights Medicaid fraud
Washington state could soon lose a successful program that in the three years it has operated has uncovered…
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Organ donation on increase
Here’s some encouraging news: For the first time, more than 30,000 organ transplants were performed in the United…
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Raise state smoking age to 21
The use of tobacco products among Washington state teens has been on a healthy decline since 2002, dropping…
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Levy full fine for CenturyLink’s 911 failure
Among the 6,600 missed calls to 911 that occurred in Washington and five other states during a six-hour…
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Invest in Everett’s ‘housing first’ project
Now might not be the best time to ask the Legislature for money, but that’s not to deny…
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Put the sting back in Open Public Meetings Act
Pop quiz: Who pays the larger fine? A driver who’s caught speeding 15 mph over the speed limit…
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Lawmakers face a long list for a short session
Here’s how we know the Legislature will wrap up its session, which started Monday, in the scheduled 60…
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Licenses not only ID concern
The news that The Department of Homeland Security has given six states and territories (including us, Washington state)…
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Potential in state, federal gun safety steps
Opponents of nearly any measure to reduce gun violence are quick to assert that the proposal wouldn’t have…
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County lawmakers, officials find a unified voice
The ideas flowed during a Thursday morning meeting among members of Snohomish County’s legislative delegation and officials from…
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Proposal would make charter schools accountable to voters
Since the start of the school year, the estimated 1,300 students enrolled in nine K-12 charter schools across…
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Ratify Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact
If you need an example of Washington state’s standing in the world of international trade, recall the September…
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Delay in fixing early release problem maddening, costly
It’s the kind of news that shakes confidence in state government; that 3,200 state Department of Corrections prisoners…
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Putting more in caps and gowns
“Pomp and Circumstance” and the caps and gowns are still five months away, but more seniors in Everett…
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Ban drug ads from TV again
In a move that received little news coverage, and consequently was mostly ignored except in business circles, the…
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Cities realistic about legislative session
With a 60-day session set to start in the Legislature in less than two weeks — that’s compared…
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What the Legislature got done in 2015
Having noted Congress’ accomplishments for 2015 yesterday, we’ll continue in the same vein for the Washington Legislature, but…
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What Congress got done in 2015
Congress and the Washington Legislature have taken their lumps on these pages during the past year. Often, it’s…