The good news is this state’s cherry crop looks good — a marked improvement over 2022. It is sweetening our farm economy, especially for cherry… Continue reading
By Jayendrina Singha Ray, Guest columnist
By Melinda Young-Flynn, Washington State Budget and Policy Center
Cartoon by Frank Shiers.… Continue reading
When Oregon enacted the nation’s first bottle bill in 1971, it was intended to reduce litter on the state’s beaches, along roads, and in parks.… Continue reading
Cartoon by Frank Shiers… Continue reading
Some would argue that spring is the most wonderful time of the year in Washington. Throughout our state the fruit trees blossom, vibrant tulip fields… Continue reading
Cartoon by Frank Shiers… Continue reading
Cartoon by Frank Shiers… Continue reading
In the 1968 film “Oliver!,” the murderous Bill Sykes’ doomed lover, Nancy, leads pub revelers in a round of “Oom Pah Pah,” a rolicking repetition… Continue reading
Cartoon by Frank Shiers… Continue reading
By Hayley Richbart, asylum case manager, Jewish Family Service of Seattle
Cartoon by Frank Shiers: “On March 24, the state Supreme Court ruled that the capital gains tax was constitutional. They did so by defining it… Continue reading
In the race to “electrify everything,” there are glitches that may derail the plan over the next 20 years. One is a shortage of skilled… Continue reading
As I have written before in this column, I am a word person. Better to say I have been a student of language ever since… Continue reading
We find them everywhere we turn. People who blame all that’s gone south in their lives on someone or something outside of themselves that “done… Continue reading
While the coronavirus clobbered many businesses, pharmacies were not among them. In fact, since the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic, local pharmacists… Continue reading
