Lawmakers are looking at ways to make the election process cheaper for voters, easier to see who is funding campaigns and harder to run initiatives with financial consequences.
When my parents graduated from high school in 1936, a college education was too expensive for the son of a copper miner and the daughter of a plumber.
Construction, maintenance and repair of roads and bridges should be the central focus of the state transportation funding package in 2015 without being held hostage to increasing Sound Transit’s light rail taxes.
During the past several months, the city of Kent has evaluated the potential of forming a local improvement district (LID) to fund railroad crossing improvements (grade separations) at three locations in the Kent Valley.
I have only had one gripe in my life that just bugs me to no end.
I'd like to thank everyone who voted to support Proposition A, a bond measure that would have allowed the construction of new public safety and training facilities for Kent's growing police force.
Looks like the Grand Old Party got its groove back. After this election, Republicans will hold a majority of seats in the state Senate for the first time since 2004 and boast their largest contingent in the state House in more than a decade.
I drove up Veterans Memorial Drive the other day, as I do every so often, just to remember.
The Kent Downtown Partnership (KDP) – in collaboration with the city of Kent – is continuously looking for parking in downtown Kent for owners and employees.
At a recent school district meeting, Kent teachers and parents turned out in force to support Initiative 1351, the ballot measure that will reduce K-12 class sizes in Kent public schools and across Washington.
It's your decision this time. The vote on Kent Proposition A (the police bond) is a vote of the citizens of Kent.
Life is great in Kent. We have everything that we need in this growing town of ours for a successful future.
When Snohomish City Council members voted to ban recreational marijuana businesses in the city, they joined a growing rebellion against the state's newest industry.
City leaders, regarding the City's Business and Occupation (B&O) tax, the Kent Chamber of Commerce's stance has not changed.
Kolten Wong hit an inside pitch out of the park Sunday to hand the St. Louis Cardinals a win over the San Francisco Giants in the National League Championship Series.
She was "Mother Mayor," the caretaker, a no-nonsense woman who had a vision for a city she was so passionate about.
When I came to Kent in 1967 there were about 15,000 residents. It was a small town with a rich agricultural history. There was nothing urban about Kent - you went to Seattle for all of that.
The financial stakes of the state's new marijuana industry are no longer theoretical.
The good news is we are developing new life-saving medications every day. The bad news is they are very expensive, and paying for them could bankrupt our health care system.
Our Kent Police provide excellent service from very cramped quarters.
