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County sheriff has balance right on use of police pursuits

The article by The Herald’s Jenna Millikan regarding police pursuits was well written in my opinion (“Law enforcement…

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SNAP’s aid should be restored

Thanks for the articles explaining the cost of the Big, not so beautiful Bill, that increases hunger and…

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Where are the officials who serve constituents?

I was just wondering why while the MAGA type politicians get further and further to the right, while…

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ICE arrests based on race, language are un-American

ICE raids are a common feature of American life. So, what if I were outside a Home Depot…

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Jan. 6 Capitol riot doesn’t count as “political violence”?

Political violence

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Everett School Board: Jackson Laurence works for students

We urge you to vote to return Anna Marie Jackson Laurence to the Everett School Board position that…

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Is this Trump’s coup plan?

So Donald Trump will put armed troops into city after city whose mayors don’t want them.

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Does Guinea’s authoritarianism sound familiar?

I read the following recently extract about the president of Guinea in West Africa. It sounds dreadfully familiar.

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Lake Forest Park levy: Support public safety on ballot

I want to thank the Lake Forest Park City Council for passing a resolution to place a police…

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Defeat GOP’s health care cuts

Thank you for Congressman Rick Larsen’s excellent commentary on the Republican push to dismantle, destabilize and harm, our…

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Civil argument provides depth of understanding

Thank you, Herald editors, for prominently publishing Bret Stephen’s recent commentary (“We’re losing our culture of argument and…

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Everett School Board: Jackson Laurence knows kids’ needs

We are proud to say we fully support Anna Marie Jackson Laurence for the Everett School Board. She…

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Approve SJR 8201 on Nov. 4 ballot for long-term care

This November, Washington voters finally have an issue with support from across the partisan spectrum. SJR 8201, which…

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Our democracy needs its own four-way test

The Rotary Club has what it calls a Four-Way Test to assess the moral strength of any proposed…

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Why is Supreme Court allowing attack on First Amendment?

I am terrified! When Donald Trump rode down the escalator to announce his run for president, I said…

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Congress must repeal cuts to SNAP, tax credit, Medicaid

New poverty data reveals that anti-poverty programs are working, but also offers a troubling glimpse of what’s ahead.

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Clear warnings of failures of medical research

Current medical research is far from being the so-called gold standard of the world. Those in the medical…

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Kroger’s closure of Fred Meyer motivated by greed

What good will come from verbal scolding? (“Everett council rebukes Kroger for plans to close Fred Meyer store,”…

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Downtown Everett stadium: Regular frogs reject new pad

I’ve been a frog for a long time, over 60 million years, and way back in frog history…

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Everett council right to condemn closure of Fred Meyer

I applaud the Everett City Council’s resolution rebuking Kroger for its closure of the south Everett Fred Meyer…