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Is your job making you fat? | Timi Gustafson
It’s no secret that Americans spend too much time sitting. Long hours working in offices, commuting in cars,…
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Lessons learned at Oso disaster | Jerry Cornfield
That venerable adage ‘It’s not what you say, it’s how you say it’ came to mind Tuesday as…
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Time for Legislature to deal with transportation | Editorial
The defeat of King County Proposition No. 1, to help pay for transit as well as road maintenance…
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School kids take it on the chin | Editorial
Apparently good schools aren’t enough in the Lake Washington School District. Too many voters want them cheap as…
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Work on Issaquah Creek good for salmon – and people, too | Editorial
It took longer to complete than expected, but the $4 million effort to improve the salmon habitat in…
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LWSD bond measure important for our kids: Vote ‘yes’
One issue of particular importance to Sammamish voters is the $404 million bond issue to rebuild and construct…
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Get informed on transportation issues | Other Voices
Transportation is a key issue in determining our regions competitiveness. Solutions take many years of planning, permitting and…
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Vote ‘yes’ on Prop 1 to maintain transit and help fix our roads | Editorial
It would be easy to say “no” to King County Proposition 1, the tax and vehicle fee for…
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Today’s cartoon | April 11, 2014
King County Proposition 1 can leave a person feeling sheared.
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Congress can take action | Jerry Cornfield
Sometimes it takes a calamity to move anything through Congress.
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Vote ‘yes’ on LWSD bond
Kids can’t learn and communities won’t grow if our school system fails to provide the basic structure –…
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Tourism needed to keep our economy strong | Matt Bott
But what does tourism and community promotion have to do with sustaining a strong local economy? Everything.
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Oso mudslide: Issaquah, Sammamish show meaning of neighbors | Editorial
The mudslide disaster in Oso is almost beyond belief. Many are dead and the toll keeps rising. Homes…
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Today’s cartoon | April 1, 2014
Everyone can become a real life hero to the Oso landslide victims.
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Put people before profits | Billy Frank Jr.
When it comes to your chances of getting cancer from the foods you eat, what odds would you…
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Some Oso answers can wait | Jerry Cornfield
You may notice the daily media briefings on the Oso mudslide getting shorter and tenser with less said…
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GM, others need to learn that safety comes before profits | Editorial
It is inexcusable that General Motors withheld critical safety information from the public for more than a decade…
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A nine-month breather for Inslee | Jerry Cornfield
No one could be happier to see state lawmakers wrap up and head home than Gov. Jay Inslee.
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Today’s cartoon | March 17, 2014
What eastern Washington thinks about a state transportation plan.