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FILE — Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-Wash.) on a ride-along with a Skamania County paramedic captain near Carson, Wash. on Feb. 26, 2024. Perez, who is on track to win re-election in her rural Washington district, says her party needs to stop demonizing others and recruit candidates from diverse backgrounds. (M. Scott Brauer/The New York Times)
Editorial: What Washington state’s results say about election

Both parties should consider what state voters had to say on the economy and government investments.

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Editorial cartoons for Tuesday, Nov. 12

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AquaSox centerfielder Jared Sundstrom throws the ball to a cutoff man during a game against the Vancouver Giants on une 5, at Funko Field in Everett. (Ryan Berry / The Herald file photo)
Editorial: Keep AquaSox in Everett with a downtown ballpark

The school district park has served team and city well, but a new park offers economic power-hitting.

Comment: County exec’s property tax proposal poorly timed

Days after local voters rejected several tax measures, the executive seeks an 8% property tax hike.

Kristof: Democrats must return to their working-class roots

Some Democratic policy is in the interests of workers, but the party’s focus has been misdirected.

Comment: To understand why Democrats lost, look at wages

In the last 50 years, the bottom 60 percent saw their hourly wage increase only $3. Don’t count on Trump to fix that.

Comment: It’s climate crisis’ damage we don’t see that costs most

A new study says Oregon loses tens of billions of dollars each year to the routine impacts of climate change.

Comment: Trump 2.0 will be bad for climate, but it’s not hopeless

As Washington state showed in upholding cap-and-trade, climate efforts aren’t solely up to the president.

Stephens: Specter of anti-Semitic pogroms returns to Europe

Authorities have condemned attacks in Amsterdam, but it’s a reminder of why the nation of Israel exists.

Comment: U.S. economy will prove stronger than Trump’s tariffs

Even so, they will drive up prices and won’t increase U.S. manufacturing productivity a new study shows.

Comment: Democrats are in disarray with no clear path forward

How does a party chart a way out of a post-rational and polarized wilderness.

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