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Voting’s a summertime thing
Voting and politics may not rank high in terms of your interest, particularly during summer, but please take…
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More reasons to limit carbon
The justifications for taking real and effective steps to slow climate change and limit the amount of carbon…
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Get behind trade, worker bills
The path toward trade bills that would allow the U.S. to secure pacts with 11 Pacific Rim nations…
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Failure on budget can’t be allowed
There’s still more brinkmanship at play than bipartisanship as Republicans and Democrats in the Legislature negotiate a state…
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Keeping guns out of the wrong hands
Another shooting. More shock. More disbelief. More fumbling about for answers. But mostly there’s either an uncertainty of…
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Recognize medical cannabis
In 2014, Congress quietly ended the federal government’s prohibition on medical cannabis with a provision buried in the…
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Don’t let it all go up in smoke
Summer starts Sunday, and spring’s unusually warm and dry weather already has us planning camping trips, hikes, picnics…
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How will we get around in 2035?
Those of us who’ve been around a bit can recall what the Snohomish County communities along the I-5…
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Background checks save lives
It’s satisfying and reassuring when the facts confirm common sense.
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A summer of special sessions?
Remember those heady days earlier this month when — word was — state House and Senate budget negotiators…
Opinion
Leveling the showroom floor
Most of us would probably say that we want to see the downtowns and small businesses in our…
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A true lesson in compassion
A TV game show offers the challenge, “Are You As Smart As a 5th Grader?” That’s fine as…
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It’s not the ‘female Viagra’
Can we talk about female sexuality for a moment? And not in a sitcom-y way? The issue at…
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Economy needs Main Street
Two business professors who write a column for the Washington Post posed this refreshing (or heretical, depending on…
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Trade bills must pass Congress
Three votes yet to be taken in Congress — two in the House and one in the Senate…
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Get court OK for eyes in the sky
Sometimes it can seem as if we’re playing a game of surveillance whack-a-mole.
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Appearances matter to public
Deserved or not, government agencies and officials aren’t always afforded a high degree of trust by the public,…
Opinion
Close gap with capital gains tax
With little to show after one special session, legislators in Olympia have started the second by at least…