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Editorial cartoons for Friday, April 11

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A Microsoft data center campus in East Wenatchee on Nov. 3. The rural region is changing fast as electricians from around the country plug the tech industry’s new, giant data centers into its ample power supply. (Jovelle Tamayo / The New York Times)
Editorial: Meeting needs for data centers, fair power rates

Shared energy demand for AI and ratepayers requires an increased pace for clean energy projects.

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Editorial cartoons for Thursday, Jan. 15

A sketchy look at the news of the day.… Continue reading

State must deliver on promises for state ferry system

Washington State Ferries’ crew shortages continue to cancel crucial sailings on Mukilteo-Clinton… Continue reading

State can’t tax income if robots take jobs

A recent Herald Forum commentary was essentially about how, “Everyone knows that… Continue reading

Comment: What Vance doesn’t get about ‘heritage’ or Americans

Ask the Founders or many who fought for the nation, immigrants are in every sense American.

Comment: Why Trump isn’t likely to back democracy in Venezuela

Based on Trump’s stated desire for control of the country’s oil, his best bet is its current autocracy.

Comment: Are we trending toward another devastating Dust Bowl?

It’s not a certainty, but heat and drought are more frequent in the U.S., upping the odds of the disaster’s return.

Tina Ruybal prepares ballots to be moved to the extraction point in the Snohomish County Election Center on Nov. 3, 2025 in Everett, Washington. (Olivia Vanni / The Herald)
Editorial: A win for vote-by-mail, amid gathering concern

A judge preserved the state’s deadline for mailed ballots, but more challenges to voting are ahead.

FILE - The sun dial near the Legislative Building is shown under cloudy skies, March 10, 2022, at the state Capitol in Olympia, Wash. An effort to balance what is considered the nation's most regressive state tax code comes before the Washington Supreme Court on Thursday, Jan. 26, 2023, in a case that could overturn a prohibition on income taxes that dates to the 1930s. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
Editorial: No new taxes, but maybe ‘pay as we go’ on some needs

New taxes won’t resolve the state’s budget woes, but more limited reforms can still make a difference.

Washington state's Congressional Districts adopted in 2021. (Washington State Redistricting Commission)
Editorial: Lawmakers shouldn’t futz with partisan redistricting

A new proposal to allow state lawmakers to gerrymander congressional districts should be rejected.

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Editorial cartoons for Wednesday, Jan. 14

A sketchy look at the news of the day.… Continue reading

Burke: Work as a young caddy allowed a swing at life skills

Along with learning blackjack, Yiddish and golf’s finer points, it taught the art of observation.

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