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Guest opinion: Paid postage designed to boost voter turnout
Even with the postage paid, thousands of Washington state voters didn’t get their ballots in on time for…
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Guest opinion: Dems topping GOP in primary election
The Grand Old Party endured a good old-fashioned butt-whupping on primary night.
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Guest opinion: Teacher compensation is on the rise
Teacher salaries are soaring … as the Washington Education Association predicted they would.
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Guest opinion: Firearms and … warning labels?
Back in 1965, with mounting evidence of the ill effects of smoking, Congress decided every pack of cigarettes…
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Guest opinion: Washington state’s mental health system is overwhelmed
The state is paying millions of dollars a year in sanctions because it’s unable to evaluate the mental…
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Guest opinion: Prep for ‘meaningful’ presidential primary
Washington state may have a meaningful presidential primary in 2020.
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Guest opinion: The value of a petition signature
The signature of a registered voter will be one of the most sought after political commodities in Washington…
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Guest opinion: Stall in public records showdown between legislators, media
A bunch of folks at the William D. Ruckelshaus Center are waiting to help bring about detente in…
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Guest opinion: President, governor or retirement, only Inslee knows his plan
The political machinery of Jay Inslee is in pretty much full operation these days.
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Guest opinion: Eyman car tab effort a gamble
Tim Eyman is so convinced his latest initiative attack on car tabs is a winner, he’s tapping the…
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Guest opinion: Initiative may restrict gun rights more than defeated proposal
Gun rights activists and their legislative allies may have messed up again in their political calculations in Washington.
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Guest opinion: Eight hot-button topics for state lawmakers in 2018
The state will expend a chunk of taxpayer dollars in the coming months searching for wolves in the…