The heat surrounding School Board member Michael Kundu has critics losing sight of the underlying issue. It is as though demands for his resignation generated a great fog diverting attention from the issue he raised to the stuff he quoted. When General McChrystal was fired, the issue of war in Afghanistan stayed as clear as it was before — however clear that was.
Seniors from Lake Stevens High School graduated at Comcast Arena on June 8. The venue allowed practically unlimited seating for parents and well-wishers who filled three-quarters of the arena’s seats. The Big Screen, state-of-the-art sound and doz
This fall Washington voters will likely again be asked to pass a state income tax. Tax proponents want to impose a tax of 5 percent on people with yearly incomes over $200,000 and on couples with incomes over $400,000. The rate would rise to 9 percent at the $500,000 and $1 million levels.
emember when you applied for your first job? Many of us had the experience of filling out an application and shakily handing it to the manager of abusiness, hoping to get called for an interview.
There’s a big spill in the Gulf and BP (not Be Prepared) has not been able to quell the gusher. Wildlife habitat, a huge seafood industry and hundreds of miles of beach recreational are in peril. This worst-ever off-shore drilling disaster has CNN delivering 24/7 coverage.
With Democrats very much in control in Olympia, and Republicans on the sidelines, one would expect the legislature to close this year’s looming $2.8 billion budget gap with orderly dispatch. Instead Washingtonians were treated to a dizzying round of closed-door meetings, surprise hearings, do-overs, missed deadlines and bills with no text.
The story of Joaquin is a powerful one.
He was born in October of 2007, a healthy and well-developed baby who went home without complication. Just four weeks later, however, Joaquin went into sudden cardiac arrest while he and his mother were at the store. For a short period of time, he was actually dead.
Got sports? Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you do. In recent weeks, we’ve been watching the college elite battle for the championship in the NCAA basketball tournaments. Prior to tourney season, we also celebrated an incredible showing by the United States team at the Olympics in Vancouver.
I was once a proud Republican attending Marysville precinct meetings and voting like a good Republican. But that was before…
It’s no secret that folks in Snohomish County are wondering about the merits of the Health Care Reform Act. One senator said of the bill, “It ain’t pretty but we got her done.” Many believe it to be an uncertain step in the right direction. Others disagree.
Now that President Obama’s health-insurance overhaul has become law, we can brace ourselves for the new taxes. What new taxes? Aren’t they only on the “rich” and on large companies?
The last time the nation was in this mood, the Graef family moved to Africa and voted absentee until the…
Just days before the Legislature’s scheduled March 11 adjournment, lawmakers are finalizing the state’s operating, capital and transport- ation budgets,…
