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Senate moves to kill death penalty | 2020 Legislative Session
OLYMPIA - The death penalty would no longer be a sentencing option in Washington state if lawmakers enact…
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Democratic lawmakers propose law to protect domestic worker rights | 2020 Legislative Session
OLYMPIA - A measure designed to protect the health, safety, and overall well-being of domestic workers in Washington…
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Democratic-controlled House passes clean fuels bill despite bipartisan opposition | 2020 Legislative Session
OLYMPIA - People will be asked to use a lot less gasoline and to convert to alternative clean…
Opinion
Surrogates Carry the Ball in Iowa | Peter Funt
DES MOINES, Iowa — In tonight’s performance of the presidential campaign, the role of Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren…
Opinion
Impeachment Trial is a Civics Lesson, Not Must-Watch TV | John L. Micek
More than once, readers have written in, or people have stopped me, to complain about their fellow Americans’…
Opinion
Iowa’s Stubbornness Makes Caucuses Hard to Predict | Peter Funt
AMES, Iowa – In “The Music Man” which, happily, returns to Broadway this fall, there’s a tune called…
Opinion
Could the climate crisis be ‘The Good News of Damnation’? | Lawrence Wittner
On August 12, 1945, six days after the U.S. government obliterated the city of Hiroshima with a single…
News
Proposed ‘clean fuel standard’ could raise cost of gas by 57 cents a gallon
Kitsap Economic Development Alliance asks city to look at opposition to proposal.
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Lawmakers hear pitch to replace gas tax with a fee per mile driven | 2020 Legislative Session
OLYMPIA - Washington state lawmakers will consider a gradual transition from the state’s current gasoline tax to a…
Opinion
The Trump Trial is Democracy’s Ultimate Stress Test | Dick Polman
In a column on the eve of the 2016 election, I warned that if Donald Trump were to…
Life
Faith, politics and partisanship: Former congressman’s memoir recounts pursuit of ‘A Higher Calling’
Former congressman Don Bonker is looking back to look ahead.
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Lawmakers aim to put sweeping regulations on the vaping industry | 2020 Legislative Session
OLYMPIA - Legislation requested by the governor’s office and supported by Democratic senators aims to ban flavored nicotine…