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Coronavirus testing telecommuting effectiveness

Coronavirus testing telecommuting effectiveness

Employers offering a work from home option has grown by 40 percent in the past 5 years

Coronavirus testing telecommuting effectiveness
As the deadline nears, state lawmakers face a few challenges

As the deadline nears, state lawmakers face a few challenges

As state lawmakers in Olympia enter the final turn of the 2020 session, a few big tussles stand between them and the finish line March… Continue reading

  • Mar 5, 2020
  • By Jerry Cornfield Herald Writer
As the deadline nears, state lawmakers face a few challenges
Brunell’s treatise on Lower Snake River dams is flooded with falsehoods

Brunell’s treatise on Lower Snake River dams is flooded with falsehoods

Don Brunell’s recent column, “Dams are the Northwest’s Flood Busters” (Jan. 24, Auburn Reporter), relies on fear-mongering, rather than facts, to make its point. Brunell… Continue reading

  • Mar 5, 2020
Brunell’s treatise on Lower Snake River dams is flooded with falsehoods
This Boeing deal could have ‘clawbacks’ in the ‘snap-back’

This Boeing deal could have ‘clawbacks’ in the ‘snap-back’

The company wants a tax break temporarily repealed. Some don’t want to give it back without new conditions.

  • Feb 29, 2020
  • By Jerry Cornfield Herald Writer
This Boeing deal could have ‘clawbacks’ in the ‘snap-back’
Recognition and thanks – not abuse – needed for high school officials

Recognition and thanks – not abuse – needed for high school officials

By Karissa L. Niehoff, NFHS executive director While the behavior of parents and other fans at high school games is still a work in progress,… Continue reading

  • Feb 20, 2020
Recognition and thanks – not abuse – needed for high school officials
The state has too much money and it’s a problem

The state has too much money and it’s a problem

With revenues rising, budget writers are going to get lots of requests on how to spend it

  • Feb 20, 2020
  • By Jerry Cornfield Herald Writer
The state has too much money and it’s a problem
A tribute to Libby Seidel: a dedicated Kent volunteer

A tribute to Libby Seidel: a dedicated Kent volunteer

Kent lost a kind, generous soul last month with the passing of Libby Seidel, a dedicated volunteer and community advocate. If you ever met Libby,… Continue reading

  • Feb 14, 2020
A tribute to Libby Seidel: a dedicated Kent volunteer
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Let’s protect jobs and tend to our environment

Working together is the way we are going to find solutions that benefit the climate and companies

  • Feb 14, 2020
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Worn out wind blades plugging up landfills

Worn out wind blades plugging up landfills

While wind farms generate “greenhouse gas free” electricity, there is increasing concern about the rapidly growing number of worn out blades ending up in landfills.… Continue reading

Worn out wind blades plugging up landfills
Keeping health workers healthy is key to fighting deadly diseases

Keeping health workers healthy is key to fighting deadly diseases

Keeping hospitals and health workers healthy is key to fighting diseases. Given all the new, more deadly viruses out there, that job has gotten tougher.… Continue reading

Keeping health workers healthy is key to fighting deadly diseases

Grumbling about Sound Transit car tabs

OLYMPIA — Another public grumbling session on those pricey Sound Transit car tabs took place Tuesday. This one drew a smaller audience and fewer gripers… Continue reading

  • Feb 6, 2020

Grumbling about Sound Transit car tabs

OLYMPIA — Another public grumbling session on those pricey Sound Transit car tabs took place Tuesday. This one drew a smaller audience and fewer gripers… Continue reading

  • Feb 6, 2020
Playing multiple sports in high school paves way for Mahomes’ success

Playing multiple sports in high school paves way for Mahomes’ success

By Karissa L. Niehoff, NFHS executive director On football’s grandest stage this past weekend, its latest star attraction not only delivered another virtuoso performance but… Continue reading

  • Feb 6, 2020
Playing multiple sports in high school paves way for Mahomes’ success
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Copper making comeback as major disease fighter

Government leaders, doctors, and medical researchers worldwide are working feverishly to stop the spread of the coronavirus and to keep it from becoming a global… Continue reading

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As session moves along, lawmakers sharpen their focus

OLYMPIA — With a third of the legislative session nearly gone, lawmakers are starting to focus on matters of most importance. Exactly what are those?… Continue reading

  • Jan 31, 2020
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Matt Shea is poised for a victory lap

Matt Shea is poised for a victory lap

Democrats could, on their own, censure the six-term lawmaker. But they probably won’t. Even a hearing on the content of the report looks very unlikely.

  • Jan 24, 2020
Matt Shea is poised for a victory lap
Dams are the Northwest flood busters

Dams are the Northwest flood busters

We need to remember that that network is saving our bacon

Dams are the Northwest flood busters
We must demand a healthy Puget Sound

We must demand a healthy Puget Sound

Little progress being made

  • Jan 17, 2020
We must demand a healthy Puget Sound
Student loan assistance attractive employer benefit

Student loan assistance attractive employer benefit

To help workers distracted by financial worries

Student loan assistance attractive employer benefit
Inslee still hopeful for clean fuels standard

Inslee still hopeful for clean fuels standard

Gov. Jay Inslee badly wants a clean fuels standard in Washington. He came close nine months ago, but legislation he embraced and House Democrats approved… Continue reading

  • Jan 16, 2020
Inslee still hopeful for clean fuels standard