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Oil-trains: Tragedy just a derailment and spill away
Oil-train disasters rain crushing, nightmarish blows on communities crisscrossed by these needed but potentially lethal loads. Very recently, tank cars carrying crude oil on tracks 12 miles from downtown Lynchburg,...
No… Washington does not have the 2nd highest tuition in the nation
Higher education is the doorway to better jobs, higher pay, and financial independence. States have always played a key role in funding the higher-education of their citizens, usually financing the...
Manufacturing in Washington continues upward trend
There’s more good economic news this week for Washington – and more bad news for those folks who get their kicks by whining ad nauseam that the Evergreen State is...
Rep. Steve Tharinger – Health Care Access Champion
Rep. Steve Tharinger (D-Sequim) was first elected to the Legislature in 2010. Since that time he has left a mark regarding health care access that is quite… well… remarkable. In...
Crowdfunding: Legislature got there first
A legal action filed last week by state Attorney General Bob Ferguson was described in one newspaper account as “taking consumer protection to the next frontier: crowdfunding.” If so, it’s...
Honor a nurse this week!
Yesterday, May 6, was the first day of National Nurses Week, an annual recognition of the many contributions nurses make to the well-being of people around the world. The week...
More choices for health care in Washington
#461237139 / gettyimages.com Washington state helped lead the nation in health care reform, working on a state marketplace long before other states started preparing for national health care reform....
Washington again named most bike-friendly state
For the seventh year in a row, Washington was named the most bike-friendly state in the nation by the League of American Bicyclists. The assessment was made by looking at...
Farewell to a hero, a fighter, a friend
Billy Frank Jr. was arrested in 1945, at age 14, for fishing on the Nisqually River that he and his people knew and loved as theirs. And then he spent...
Saving money, energy and the environment
An old building at the state capitol – built in 1940 – won national recognition for being green, while a proposed new building could use even less energy. The John...