Opinion

By Jennyfer Mesa

Councilman’s house is not an uncommon sight

House Bill 1899 started life as a simple way to provide immediate wildfire relief at no cost to the state. Two months later, it is emerging from the legislative sausage grinder as a new grant program burning through millions in taxpayer money for the next five years.

By Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Jim Matheson

Downtown is not ‘family friendly’

Wind farms? Not in my backyard

Back in 1998, Madeleine Albright, then the secretary of state, called the United States the “indispensable nation.” She meant that this country, armed with unmatchable force and influence, stood at the helm of a web of alliances and global organizations that guided world events. More than 50 years after the invention of nuclear weapons, the U.S. had presided over a Pax Americana that had kept the peace among the nuclear powers.

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If you don’t think this country is sliding toward theocracy, you’re not paying attention.

By Erika Larson

Affordable Homes Act a critical resource we need

By Roger Sherman