Editorial
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: On affordability, both sides are failing us...
Last year, we started running a weekly news piece on the cost of fuel in our area. We examined average costs for f…
Penn State professor refutes Heiberg's climate change letter
An individual named Rick Heiberg did a tremendous disservice to your readership in his letter about the topic of human-caused climate change and about my scien…
People, politics, news and being a capitol intern
OLYMPIA — Politics is something I find myself both deeply fascinated with while simultaneously a little repulsed by.
Washington needs better way to pick president
Active Democrats are trudging to party caucuses on Saturday to pick delegates for either Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders. We wish them luck picking a favorite, though it seems a bit late to turn any national tide.
If our workweek ever needed a hero, thank goodness there's Super Tuesday
Let’s think big. The 2016 presidential race will most likely be one of the most divisive political races in our 240-year history. Last Tuesday, Americans flooded to the polls to cast their votes in what’s affection…
Grassroots campaign emerges to repeal bathroom rule
A new bathroom rule, created in December by the Washington State Human Rights Commission, has received plenty of attention in the past month or so. According to the rule, people can enter whatever gender restroom t…
House Bill 2573: A good approach to attracting teachers
With Baby Boomers retiring, public schools and the state need to ramp up their efforts to attract and retain quality teachers. We think House Bill 2573 is a common sense approach to doing so because it targets key …
Avoiding a bad trip Down Memory Lane
In 2001, Boeing shocked state and local leaders announcing it was relocating its headquarters to Chicago. Suddenly, the company with its deep roots in our Puge…
Now's the time to fix shortfalls in the state budget
The 60-day special session is in full swing, and legislators are working to fine-tune the two-year state budget they approved last June. The refining comes in the form of a “supplemental budget,” which is meant to …
Transgender bathroom rule needs repealed
The Washington State Human Rights Commission enacted a new rule Dec. 26 allowing transgendered people to use the bathroom designated for the gender they identify with, in public and private facilities. What that me…
Moses Lake's next city manager:
Friend of business, community or city employees?
Moses Lake City Council rejects donation proposal
I optimistically attended the Moses Lake City Council meeting Tuesday to propose some suggestions regarding our current budget deficit of $1.8 million dollars. The Bill & Melinda Gates and Warren Buffet Foundation …
Don't forget about higher ed
Much more money will be spent on Washington's K-12 system in the next biennium. Our state Legislature should not take it from colleges and universities.
Open Public Meetings Act provides openness, transparency
We have the privilege of living in a democracy that offers many rights and responsibilities. Residents have several freedoms, including the right to vote, bear arms, freedom of speech and attend board meetings held…
Educate yourself before MLIRD's election
What is the Moses Lake Irrigation and Rehabilitation District, otherwise known as MLIRD?
Forethought lacking in Moses Lake's excise tax decision
To help the city get through lean times and its budget season, the Moses Lake City Council recently approved an additional real estate excise tax of one quarter of 1 percent. That is in addition to the current exci…