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Bill would bring tutoring to middle school students
Solutions for improving students’ academic achievement don’t have to be complicated.
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Legal to live at the Capitol?
The idiom “politics makes strange bedfellows” doesn’t hold much water these days, since it implies people of widely…
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Keep process out in the open
A recent decision by the state Supreme Court could now provide some cover for public officials looking to…
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Come to aid of teacher aides
We’re past the days when teacher aides just kept the classroom bulletin board current and watched over kids…
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Health board should set rules for vaping in public
Before the risks of second-hand cigarette smoke were better understood and led to laws that curtailed smoking in…
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Vote for a better Washington
Regardless of the outsized attention that the presidential election draws, your vote matters as much if not more…
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Pull plug on costly blimp
Long before the military’s blimp went AWOL last week, the aircraft, and its bloated program had been exposed…
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Herald editorial board endorsements
As of Friday afternoon, only 12.7 percent of Snohomish County voters had mailed or returned their ballots for…
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Use panhandling law to help
Many of us struggle with the correct response when approached by someone begging for money. Our desire to…
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What else isn’t getting a vote?
It’s not that surprising that the U.S. House finally passed legislation to take the Export-Import Bank out of…
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Reelect Toyer
Marysville, with a population of about 65,000, is one of the county’s more quickly growing cities, and that…
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Elect Spencer and McDaniel
During the last 10 years, Lake Stevens has been a city built by annexations, growing from about 7,400…
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Everett and pride of place
Everett’s annual Monte Cristo Awards are an inspiring antidote to the current general tendency to tear things down…
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Tisdel best choice for Snohomish County Council
With Snohomish County leadership a frequent presence on the front page of The Herald, notably regarding the county’s…
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A year later, a year Stronger
The word “anniversary” doesn’t seem to fit. It’s better used to mark occasions of celebration, the passing of…
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Elect Nelson, Teitzel, Tibbott
Edmonds, with a population nearing 41,000, shares many of the same issues with other cities in the county.…
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3 picks for Arlington City Council
Arlington, a city nearing 18,500 in population, is rebounding well following the nation and region’s economic downturn.
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Re-elect Tolbert and Rankin
At opposite ends of the Stillaguamish Valley, Arlington and Darrington are connected by Highway 530 and share similar…