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Editorial cartoons for Monday, Jan. 13

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Participants in Northwest WA Civic Circle's discussion among city council members and state lawmakers (clockwise from left) Mountlake Terrace City Council member Dr. Steve Woodard, Stanwood Mayor Sid Roberts, Edmonds City Council member Susan Paine, Rep. April Berg, D-Mill Creek; Herald Opinion editor Jon Bauer, Mountlake Terrace City Council member Erin Murray, Edmonds City Council member Neil Tibbott, Civic Circle founder Alica Crank, and Rep. Shelly Kolba, D-Kenmore.
Editorial: State, local leaders chew on budget, policy needs

Civic Circle, a new nonprofit, invites the public into a discussion of local government needs, taxes and tools.

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Editorial: News media must brave chill that some threaten

And readers should stand against moves by media owners and editors to placate President-elect Trump.

FILE - The afternoon sun illuminates the Legislative Building, left, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash., Oct. 9, 2018. Three conservative-backed initiatives that would give police greater ability to pursue people in vehicles, declare a series of rights for parents of public-school students and bar an income tax were approved by the Washington state Legislature on Monday, March 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
Editorial: Legislation that deserves another look in Olympia

Along with resolving budgets, state lawmakers should reconsider bills that warrant further review.

Comment: Blaming everything but climate change for wildfires

To listen to Trump and others, the disasters’ fault lies with a smelt, DEI and government space lasers.

Gessen: Film ‘Queendom’ shows performer’s transformative power

The documentary portrays a trans woman’s life, journey and protests inside Russia and out.

Comment: 5 questions Democrats must answer in 2025

The party needs to evaluate its leaders and check them against what the electorate truly supports.

FILE - Old-growth Douglas fir trees stand along the Salmon River Trail, June 25, 2004, in Mt. Hood National Forest outside Zigzag, Ore. The results in early 2023 from the government’s first-ever national inventory of mature and old-growth forests identified more than 175,000 square miles of the forests on U.S. government lands. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Comment: The struggle over the Department of Everything Else

The Secretary of Interior leads an agency tasked with managing public lands, resources and Tribal affairs.

Orca calf’s death argues for four dams’ removal

In “Encounters with the Archdruid,” his narration of David Brower’s battles with… Continue reading

Comment: King’s call to fulfill dream still ours to heed

Join in a two-day celebration and commitment to service with events in Everett on Jan. 19 and 20.

Stephens: Among successes, much will weigh on Biden’s legacy

Illusions and deceptions, chief among them that he was up to defeating Trump, won’t serve his reputation.

Harrop: Mamas, don’t let your baby boys grow up to be sponges

There may be many reasons young men are failing to leave home. But moms may not be helping much.

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