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Published May 19th, 2013 - 12:05AM
Take a good look at the list to the right. Those 24 lawmakers have the power to create nearly 100,000 jobs and keep Pacific Rim shipping pouring into Puget Sound through the 21st century.
Published May 17th, 2013 - 12:05AM
The Washington Legislature has been wrestling lately with ways to bring down drunken driving fatalities. Now it has another option to look at.
Published May 16th, 2013 - 12:05AM
From the shores of Commencement Bay to the foothills of Mount Rainier, more opportunities for recreation are falling into place.
Published May 15th, 2013 - 12:05AM
Here’s what you don’t do if an IRS division is discovered to be singling out the political opposition: Sit on the explosive information for at least two years, and let the abuses fester in the meantime.
Published May 14th, 2013 - 12:05AM
One of the deeper mysteries facing a patient who’s entered the bewildering labyrinth of the hospital world is why — after he’s discharged — those nice people send him a bill high enough to empty his 401k.
Published May 13th, 2013 - 12:05AM
Nothing better sums up the military’s problem regarding sexual assault than the mug shot of Lt. Col. Jeffrey Krusinski.
Published May 12th, 2013 - 12:05AM
Warning: You’re in for a sexist ride in this editorial. Sorry, guys.
Published May 10th, 2013 - 12:05AM
OK, that headline is a little deceptive. The offices that will be on the Aug. 6 primary and Nov. 6 general election ballots are, for the most part, the kind of local positions where people make the nuts-and-bolts decisions for cities, schools and other bodies.
Published May 9th, 2013 - 12:05AM
There it is, buried deep in a seemingly routine annual report the Pentagon has just released: The Chinese government has been carrying out cyber-raids on the U.S. government.
Published May 8th, 2013 - 12:05AM
Opponents of same-sex marriage have rallied around a Richland florist who is being sued by the state attorney general’s office and the ACLU for refusing to provide flowers for a gay couple’s wedding. But the core issue isn’t same-sex marriage; it’s the consumer’s right not to face discrimination.
Published May 7th, 2013 - 12:05AM
The Internet keeps on disrupting higher education – sometimes even in a good way. The latest example is the Open Course Library just completed by Washington’s two-year colleges.
Published May 6th, 2013 - 12:05AM
When it comes to imbibing caffeine, we here in the Northwest take a back seat to no one. You can hardly drive a mile in these parts without passing at least two Starbucks and one or two bikini barista stands.
Published May 5th, 2013 - 12:05AM
Thank heaven for public disclosure. Without it, Washingtonians might not know how their lawmakers avoid starvation in the middle of a legislative session.
Published May 3rd, 2013 - 12:05AM
Organizers of Wednesday’s May Day marches in Seattle were hoping — really hoping — that the usual black-clad, rock-throwing morons wouldn’t steal the show from them this year as they did last year.
Published May 2nd, 2013 - 12:05AM
Most of the argument over gay Boy Scouts and Scout leaders tends to overlook the structure of the Boy Scouts of America.


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