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Comment: Congress should dust off 2019 plan to fix health care
The end of enhanced ACA subsidies offers a chance to reconsider the innovations in a GOP proposal.
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Comment: Trump’s lasting damage will be steady erosion of norms
The question isn’t necessarily if courts will uphold his actions, but rather how he breaks norms to get…
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Comment: Tweaks to Social Security don’t address fundamental needs
Recent changes by the Trump administration and Congress don’t begin to address its solvency and only hollow it…
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Comment: Even cherry-picked government data beats no data at all
For those who count on statistics to make sound decisions, 2025 was a year of delayed and missing…
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Comment: Aging levees, heavier storms a rising threat in West
Levees built 60 or more years ago, increasingly heavy rains and a move into floodplains pose dangers.
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Comment: U.S. Rep. Rick Larsen looks back at eventful, busy 2025
The 2nd District congressman listened, legislated and led on issues vital to his constituents.
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Comment: Some western states carrying more debt than others
Washington state’s bond and pension liabilities carry a per-capita debt of $15,400, 11th highest in the U.S.
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Comment: Chamber marks first year of building a Greater Everett
A relaunched Greater Everett Chamber is building connections, trust and community to aid businesses.
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Comment: Even under attack, science saw major breakthroughs in ‘26
Advances in the study of blood, genetics, GLP-1s and more were among 2025’s intriguing scientific work.
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Comment: The upside of downtime and how to make the most of it
Rather than scrolling social media, plan leisure that builds relationships and restores your well-being.
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Comment: Bookstores’ resurgence good news for readers, everyone
Barnes & Noble is adding stores, and independent booksellers also have opened more than 400 locations.
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Comment: States now are the check on presidential overreach
As Congress and the Supreme Court have bent to Trump’s will, states — blue and red — have…
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Comment: Grocery store scanner one thing Trump can’t argue with
He can try his power of positive thinking and repetitive Jedi mind tricks, but it’s not impressing Americans.
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Comment: A Trump ‘pardon’ that justly will get nowhere
His order, feckless because he can’t dismiss state charges, means a felon convicted of election fraud will stay…
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Comment: Trump immigration policy depleting health care workforce
Immigrants make up a significant portion of health care workers. Losing them threatens care for many.
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Comment: No hoax in failure of Epstein’s ‘friends’ to call out abuse
Regardless of what’s in the files, we know who he was with and what should have been clear…
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Comment: Trump’s biggest strengths turned against him in 2025
He’s lost many Americans on affordability and a 2024 Latino coalition has also turned against him.
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Comment: ‘This year nearly broke me as a scientist’
U.S. researchers reflect on how the Trump administration’s cuts to science have changed their lives.
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Comment: Clothed in fabric of leadership, service and showing up
Leadership Snohomish County’s service at Christmas House offers lessons in the exchange of community.
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Comment: State lawmakers can lower prices at the grocery store
Reversing a B&O surcharge on food wholesalers would show they see the hardships consumers now face.