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Compassion and public safety must coexist to solve Third Avenue's crime problem
Five things we should do to protect the public from chronic crime and persistent offenders in the popular downtown corridor.
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Lawmakers are going paperless in Olympia, but it’s not really about saving trees
Confusion over the Public Records Act has Washington lawmakers adopting new practices that may or may not have anything to do with the actual law.
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Washington could become the next state to ban private prisons
Last year, California banned private detention centers and was promptly sued. Now, Washington state legislators are considering a similar ban.
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Voters — not a Democratic majority — should decide Rep. Matt Shea's future
The problem with expelling an alleged domestic terrorist? He could be reelected.
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An Iranian-born woman held at the Canadian border for 11 hours tells her story
The Bellevue woman, who works at Microsoft, was held by U.S. Border Patrol with dozens of others.