There is a high-stakes duel going on inside the Beltway.
A small critter is causing big problems in the South Puget Sound. It’s called the Mazama pocket gopher.
Despite the lessons of history, we are still failing to connect the dots.
As technology and oversight have improved, the railroads have amassed a good safety record, even as rail traffic has increased.
Regardless of what happens in SeaTac, the issue of a higher minimum wage will come before voters.
There’s an old saying, “There’s more than one way to catch a cat.” It means, if you don’t succeed one way, try again using a different strategy.
Environmental activists claim they want to reduce production of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide. If so, they’re going about it in a very strange way.
At a time when too many politicians are obsessed with their poll numbers and their legacy, Pew Research says Gerald Ford will go down in history as just an “average” president.
In football, players who jump on the ball carrier after he’s been tackled get a 15-yard penalty for piling on. But in a courtroom, piling on can get you billions of dollars.
SGL would like to expand its Moses Lake facility, but the tax incentive that helped convince the company to locate there has expired. That puts a microscope on other factors that make Washington a high-cost state in which to do business — and those costs will weigh heavily on SGL’s decision whether or not to expand.
According to Defense News, sequestration will cut $15.8 billion from the Pentagon’s 2013 budget and another $37 billion in cuts to defense contractors, including The Boeing Company.
In our nation’s capital, the political version of a blockbuster, “The Affordable Care Act: Obamacare,” is now making its debut. But early previews suggest it’s not quite ready for the big screen.
We have no choice: We must grow more food on fewer acres. Fortunately, scientists have been working on a solution.
We appreciate their concern for federal employees — but what about the rest of us?
We shouldn’t overlook — or take for granted — the considerable economic contributions of Washington’s traditional industries.
Critics say that, in these tough economic times, we can’t afford tax incentives. The real question is, can we afford not to have them?
Traveling through Sweetwater in west Texas, you see an interesting mix of irrigated farming, cattle ranching, oil production and wind energy.
We face many challenges today, but rather than think of ourselves as victims, we should emulate those who confront tragedy and violence with courage, refusing to be beaten, determined to prevail.
Even some of its strongest supporters now say that the federal Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare, is going to be a train wreck. The question is, what are we going to do about it?
Seattle officials had a bad idea a couple of years ago, and now some state lawmakers want to expand that bad idea statewide.