Opinion
Comment: GOP inflating health care costs for its own voters
Unless Congress acts, many small business owners in Republican districts will lose access to the ACA marketplace.
Opinion
Comment: What we should take from decline in crime stats
A measure of skepticism is valid, but with most measures pointing in the same direction, the decline is…
Opinion
Adopt bill in Congress for Medicare’s early cancer detection
This July, I met with U.S. Rep Rick Larsen to discuss the importance of passing House Resoution 842:…
Opinion
Why encourage graffiti with a ‘free wall’
Several questions arose about the subject of a Herald article (“Everett coucil approves new civil penalties for graffit”,”…
Opinion
Don’t let closed stores in South Everett sit vacant
Gentrification is not only caused by making community investments that displace people who cannot afford to live here.…
Opinion
Perspective, humor of Herald opinions appreciated
I especially appreciated three particular columns from the last two issues of the Daily Herald, beginning with Friday’s…
Opinion
Comment: Remembering lessons from failures of Katrina
Twenty years on, as changes to disaster response are considered, here’s what must be considered.
Opinion
Forum: Regional academy is building a safer Washington state
The regional academies allow recruits to train closer to home and are rebuilding police staffing.
Opinion
Forum: Criticism of Marysville’s growth plans ignored realities
Traffic is moving better and the city is complying with state mandates to provide sufficient housing.
Opinion
Editorial: Work to replace what was taken from those in need
The state and local communities will have to ensure food security after federal SNAP and other cuts.
Opinion
Comment: Reform of FEMA will help keep lights on after disaster
The Snohomish PUD backs legislation sought by Rep. Rick Larsen to strengthen FEMA’s response and aid.
Opinion
Comment: Cuts by ‘Big Ugly Bill’ still loom for our communities
County officials warn that deep losses to medical care, food assistance and more will be devastating.
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Comment: State blocked a merger and lost grocery stores
Washington state meddled in a proposed merger of grocery chains that would have kept stores open.
Opinion
Schwab: Evolution of thought on 3.5 billion years of creation
Science — and time — allow the wonders of the eye and the kidney to be without dismissing…
Opinion
Loss of Fred Meyer will create a food desert
I am appalled and deeply saddened by the news of the closing of Fred Meyer on Evergreen and…
Opinion
Invest in police academies to cut vacancies
Recently, The Herald published an article on the county’s overspending in the Sheriff’s Office and Department of Corrections…
Opinion
Nation had a good 250-year run
Q: After 250 years of enduring foreign invasions, civil war, world wars, epidemics, economic upheaval, and social unrest,…