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Rich Elfers, "In Focus"

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‘Save American’ Act? More like ‘Save Republicans’ | In Focus

Millions of eligible and already-registered voters would find it far more difficult to vote in the midterms if…

Rich Elfers, "In Focus"

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Complaints against the king: 1776 and now | In Focus

Are the grievances in the Declaration of Independence again applicable?

Brier Dudley, "The Free Press Initiative"

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A bold new plan for state news fellowship: Cover every county | The Free Press Initiative

A new model will place a reporter in Washington’s 39 counties to cover civic news.

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Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Vote “yes” on Prop. 1, 2, and attract a good superintendent

Reader Nancy Merrill says renewing the levies will support more than just students.

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Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Support career and tech education and pass renewal levies

Long-time ESD educator Bob Kilmer urges the community to continue school district programs.

Frank Shiers, Jr. is a longtime King County resident and has drawn political cartoons for over forty years. He creates at least four cartoons a week, which are published in a dozen newspapers.

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Mixed messages | Shiers

Perhaps the Plateau should focus on its students, and not the feds.

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Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Vote yes on Prop. 1, 2 to keep our schools strong

Reader Graham Bartlett points out the replacement levies make up more than 16% of the Enumclaw School District’s…

Rich Elfers, "In Focus"

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Reconsidering Trump’s 2024 win | In Focus

Democrats blame themselves when they lose instead of facing why Trump won.

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Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Millions at risk if ESD levies fail

Reader Gwen Reed looks at what happened in Yelm when its district’s levies failed.

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Letters to the Editor

Local law enforcement should work with ICE

Reader Tim Personius says recent shootings may have been avoided if federal officers got local support.

Brier Dudley, "The Free Press Initiative"

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Uncertain progress in Washington journalism support | The Free Press Initiative

Will Senate Bill 5400 would collect a surcharge from companies such as Google, Meta, Microsoft and TikTok. Each…

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Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: A successful first year? Hardly

Reader Stanley McKie argues the president has had far more failures than successes his first year.

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Letters to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Will Buss re-grade immigration efforts after killings?

Reader Nancy Butler asks a former EPD officer if his opinions are swayed by the deaths of Good…