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Protecting against the abuse of power

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Protecting against the abuse of power

Do you largely agree with these assertions about our natures?

Green River College President Suzanne Johnson. COURTESY PHOTO, Green River College

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Community college plays significant role in higher education

Students embrace courses, programs

Gun rights advocates won the battle, but may lose the war

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Gun rights advocates won the battle, but may lose the war

Gun rights activists and their legislative allies may have messed up again in their political calculations in Washington.

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“Seeing the Splinter in Our Neighbor’s Eye”

We only see what we value.

Talking points for next year’s legislative agenda

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Talking points for next year’s legislative agenda

The state will expend a chunk of taxpayer dollars in the coming months searching for wolves in the…

Election tampering anger could unite county’s voters

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Election tampering anger could unite county’s voters

How does one know if marketing is effective? In the light of last week’s Congressional interrogation of Facebook…

Let’s keep Maple Valley strong, vote yes on Tahoma levy | Letter to the Editor

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Let’s keep Maple Valley strong, vote yes on Tahoma levy | Letter to the Editor

I hope all the residents of the Tahoma School District will join me in voting yes for the…

Vote yes on Tahoma levy | Letter to the Editor

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Vote yes on Tahoma levy | Letter to the Editor

Tahoma School District was recently ranked as one of the top ten school districts in Washington, and has…

Prop. 1 needs your yes vote | Letter to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

Prop. 1 needs your yes vote | Letter to the Editor

I am a current resident of Kent for two years and a former resident of Covington for more…

Vote yes on Proposition 1 | Letter to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

Vote yes on Proposition 1 | Letter to the Editor

On the April 24 Special Election ballot, we have the opportunity to vote on the proposal by the…

Vote no on Proposition 1 | Letter to the Editor

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Vote no on Proposition 1 | Letter to the Editor

Covington voters elected me with the promise of adding “balance and pragmatism” to the City Council. I cast…

Teachers seeking pay raise; districts resist

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Teachers seeking pay raise; districts resist

Washington public school teachers are ready to reap financial rewards from their long battle to increase state funding…

Why should someone like me vote for a school levy? | Letter to the Editor

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Why should someone like me vote for a school levy? | Letter to the Editor

I pay a lot of property taxes that benefit Tahoma School District but I no longer have any…

Vote no on Prop. No. 1 for RFA | Letter to the Editor

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Vote no on Prop. No. 1 for RFA | Letter to the Editor

We have all received a special election ballot in our mailboxes asking us to approve Proposition No. 1.

Plan with the end in mind

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Plan with the end in mind

“Plan with the end in mind” was one of Stephen Covey’s “Seven Habits of Highly Effective People.” I…

It’s important to educate ourselves on upcoming Tahoma levy | Letter to the Editor

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It’s important to educate ourselves on upcoming Tahoma levy | Letter to the Editor

I am writing this letter as a father of two children attending school in the Tahoma School District…

Help urge Congress to pass needed funds | Letter to the Editor

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Help urge Congress to pass needed funds | Letter to the Editor

The statistics keep getting worse — the 2018 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures report published by the Alzheimer’s…

Short-term decisions or long-term approach?

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Short-term decisions or long-term approach?

What’s more important to the success of a government — short-term thinking or long-term thinking?

Justices will decide if state school-funding crisis is over

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Justices will decide if state school-funding crisis is over

Is the end truly near in the landmark school-funding case known as McCleary?

To avoid repeating history, Tahoma gets our yes vote

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To avoid repeating history, Tahoma gets our yes vote

We moved to Maple Valley in the mid 1970s because of an opportunity presented to Bill with Standard…