The votes are counted, but contributions continue flowing to participants in this year’s election.
Jonathon Gruber recently created a stir with his comments about Obamacare and “the stupidity of the American voter.”
Saturday, Nov. 29 is Shop Local and Shop Small Day throughout the nation.
Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast in 2005, flooding cities and towns in four states and killing more than 1,800 people.
Around the state there are still votes to be counted and races to be decided, but here are a few takeaways from Tuesday’s election.
In the spirit of Halloween, I have come up with a solution to the No. 1 problem in the world: how to find a girlfriend.
The late Billy Frank Jr., chairman of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, left us all many lessons during his time on this earth. One of the most important was also one of the simplest: “Tell the truth.”
A smart group of ordinary folks, entrusted to advise state lawmakers on the merit of tax breaks, has a suggestion regarding the jumbo incentives enjoyed by The Boeing Co. and the rest of the aerospace industry:
November’s election needs to be about the people who are unemployed or underemployed and how best to increase wages.
I found the Auburn Reporter article of whether Ferguson, Mo., could happen locally interesting; a few even suggesting it is already happening here.
Jennifer Knauer’s message at the public meeting at Auburn City Hall was simple, direct and effective – the Green River’s levee and revetment system is old, and the time to do what must be done to fix it is now.
Every five years, the Washington State Transportation Commission updates its 20-year plan, a document meant to inform state and local governments’ decisions on transportation spending and related issues.
The battle for legislative seats this fall will be fought in part with hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations recycled from the campaigns of incumbent lawmakers.
The start of the school year is always an exciting time of renewal and opportunity.
It has been nearly three years since Washington began to build its state-based insurance exchange and profoundly expanded Medicaid.
The good news is Washington is separating itself from the national jobless rate. In July, an average 6.2 percent of Americans were looking for work, while Washington State’s unemployment rate dropped to 5.6 percent.
More delay is about the only thing that any of us who live here in Washington can count on when it comes to a badly needed update of state water quality standards to protect our health.
In his June 26 opinion piece, Don Brunell discusses safety issues regarding the transport of energy products, i.e., coal and oil, into Washington.
Today’s news is filled with images of the massive wildfires roaring through the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest in Central Washington.
Recently, I organized a couple of events with the goal of showing people how their choices and actions can make a real difference in the effort to end our dependence on fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas.