Voters never got a chance to try to overturn new laws increasing the state property tax next year and imposing…
Distracted driving is the hot topic now with the law taking affect July 23 of last week.
Have you wondered why Republicans, who fought Obamacare for seven years, are having trouble repealing and replacing Obamacare?
The state’s new law targeting distracted drivers sure is irritating folks.
“There won’t be any Social Security by the time I retire!”
July 19 arrived with a sense of possibility that lawmakers could solve the two remaining riddles in this year’s legislating…
We have really two personas. One persona is characterized by what David Brooks in his book, “The Road to Character,”…
On Sunday, July 23, a tougher distracted driving law with increased penalties will go into effect in Washington state. What…
When the city’s second attempt to pass a park bond measure did not receive 60 percent approval in February 2017,…
I have always been interested in languages. Since my first Spanish class in seventh grade, I have been taken by…
Zeitgeist is the German word for the spirit of the times. There is usually at least one zeitgeist found in…
One of the last pieces of the budget puzzle snapped into place Tuesday, sealed in Republican support for funding new…
How would you like to live in a town called Slaughter? For a brief time the city of Auburn had…
Any day now, Washington state lawmakers will reveal how they solved the McCleary Rubik’s Cube.
During my training as the political action person for the Sumner Education Association, we were told teachers make lousy legislators…
We can all use a dose of good news these days and there is some flowing from our state’s boatyards.
On Mondays, you’ll likely find me sitting in the back row of a council chambers, listening to a city council…
We humans often find it difficult to face reality. Many of us have created adaptive ways to avoid what is…
Frank Shiers, Jr.’s editorial comic, week of June 16, 2017.
Teachers are gravely concerned that what is getting hammered out behind closed doors in the legislature will seek to amply…