Opinion
While Our Attention is Elsewhere, Climate Change Worsens | Mel Gurtov
Donald Trump’s presidency has gotten so much attention that the latest threats to climate stability have received only…
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Trump’s fifth week in office | In cartoons
It’s been another out-of-this-world week for newspaper cartoonists as President Trump wrapped up his fifth week in the…
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Congressman Kilmer town hall attracts nearly a thousand
BREMERTON — Rep. Derek Kilmer, D-Bremerton, held a mid-week town hall meeting Feb. 22 at the Admiral Theatre…
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2017 Legislative Session | Governor Inslee limits state agencies’ assistance in enforcing President’s immigration ban
OLYMPIA — Governor Jay Inslee Thursday signed an executive order to limit state agencies’ help in enforcing federal…
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2017 Legislative Session | Basic Education: the funding language
OLYMPIA Talk of levy lids, caps, cliffs and equalization can get confusing, fast. Here’s some shorthand to help…
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2017 Legislative Session | Basic Education Budgets promise extra funds for special programs
OLYMPIA — Students remain the primary focus in each basic education budget proposal now before the Legislature. Students…
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2017 Legislative Session | Educators, parents, students and Supreme Court await Legislature’s basic-education funding solution
OLYMPIA — West Valley School District Supt. Gene Sementi, like other Washington educators, is waiting as legislators wrestle…
Opinion
Pence’s Response to Anti-Semitism Raises a Question | John L. Micek
Given the opportunity last week to respond to a rash of anti-Semitic incidents across the country, President Donald…
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Murray rips Trump Administration for targeting transgender students in ‘shameful’ rollback of protections
Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, harshly criticized…
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Elsewhere in Washington: Affordable Care Act, immigration headline concerns of 1,000 anti-Reichert protesters
An estimated 1,000 people took to the streets in front of 8th Congressional District Representative Dave Reichert’s Issaquah…
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Elsewhere in Washington: Protesters demand Congressman Reichert meet with constituents
At least 150 Congressional District 8 residents braved the rain to march up the Southeast 56th Street hill…
Opinion
The Fake News President | Raging Moderate
No matter what you think of Donald J. Trump, you got to admit he’s a cracker-jack salesman with…
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2017 Legislative Session | Prisoners released early, late spark corrective act: paperwork
OLYMPIA – Sloppy paperwork could be costing countless prisoners in the state’s Department of Corrections custody incorrect terms,…