Letters to the Editor
Golf course, restaurant left in the rough
Regarding the Riverbend golf course and restaurant pipe dreams:
Opinion
School district confronts difficult financial period | Watts
The Kent School District is well known for its extraordinary students, excellent instruction, incredible diversity, cutting-edge technology, supportive…
Opinion
Vivid tube world just a yardstick away | Dennis Box
A moment of memory fell on me during one of the staff meetings when I was supposed to…
Opinion
Project on ‘pay-by-mile’ approach to fund transportation infrastructure seeks volunteers | Guest analysis
By Reema Griffith/executive director, Washington State Transportation Commission
Opinion
Lawmakers brace for overtime in Olympia | The Petri Dish
The countdown to special session is underway.
Letters to the Editor
Sound decision? Disregarding the taxpayer
As I read the Kent Reporter March 31 article, “Sound Transit considers four sites for parking garage,” I…
Opinion
Time to get serious on REAL ID compliance | Guest op
By state Reps. Mark Hargrove and Matt Shea/For the Reporter
Opinion
Lawmakers face a jigsaw puzzle in trying to fully fund education | The Petri Dish
As eight lawmakers arrived at a conference room early Wednesday for another round of negotiations on public school…
Letters to the Editor
Stuck with unfair vehicle tabs
I know it’s been on the news, but many of you will be shocked at the huge RTA…
Opinion
Trains, trains and crossing arms in Kent | Guest op
Is there anything more frustrating than being stuck at a train crossing when there are no trains?
Letters to the Editor
Folly with backing fossil fuels
Why are we still subsidizing the fossil fuel industry?
Opinion
Lessons learned from demise of Northwest aluminum industry | Brunell
Driving east along State Route 14 these days, you see water pouring out of Columbia River dams. It…
Opinion
State carbon tax would be harmful | Brunell
A major hurdle for lawmakers in Olympia working to finish the next two-year state budget and adjourn is…
Letters to the Editor
Crazy drivers
I drive I-405 to work daily. I use the surface streets through Renton and onto Kent’s East Hill.…
Opinion
Some lawmakers want to take away popular property tax limit | GUEST OP
By Paul Guppy, Washington Policy Center’s vice president for research
Opinion
The secret in the classroom revealed | Box
Cellphones have become the talk of the town in Washington, D.C. with suspicion of talking to and listening…
Opinion
House Democrats re-examine real estate excise tax | The Petri Dish
After years of futility in targeting the wealthy, House Democrats may have divined an approach to achieve some…
Opinion
Stuck with the tab | Shiers
Western Washington voters got what they supported – a Sound Transit measure to expand light rail and service…