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Tim Eyman's failure, a success for state finances?
NEW - 11/21, 04:00 PM

Round one: Washington out
NEW - 11/20, 03:29 PM

Gov. Chris Gregoire says Washington state won't compete after all in the intial round of grant funding from the $4 billion Race to the Top federal fund. This is a sharp reversal from a recent flurry of efforts to be among the 20 or so states expected to share in the pot of education improvement funds.

Editorials

A short to-do list for new King County Executive Dow Constantine

King County Executive Dow Constantine takes charge of county government Tuesday. Here's a short to-do list for him as he gets started.

An urgent need for action on the state's budget

Salish Sea speaks to a shared natural heritage

The mammogram debate

State schools chief Randy Dorn blinks on math and science requirements

Thankfully, the 'birthers' lose in Indiana court

Opinion

Leonard Pitts Jr. / Syndicated columnist | New York terror trials will restore faith in rule of law

We need this New York trial more than 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed does, writes columnist Leonard Pitts Jr. For all its risks, it offers a prize worth risking for: the promise of feeling like Americans again.

Neal Peirce / Syndicated columnist | It's time to promote development that conserves land and energy

Guest columnist | Ringing the alarm about a threat to homeless youth

Joni Balter / Seattle Times editorial columnist | Our team in D.C. — Locke, Sims and Kerlikowske

Guest columnist | A way to get around Karzai in Afghanistan

Ryan Blethen / Times editorial columnist | Block NBC/Comcast deal to protect consumer choice

Charles Krauthammer / Syndicated columnist | New York trial a propaganda coup for terrrorists

Guest columnist | Stop blaming Grandma for cruddy Christmas presents

David Brooks / Syndicated columnist | Timothy Geithner not most of it right; his critics are mostly wrong

Ellen Goodman / Syndicated columnist | The rogue elephant book tour

Froma Harrop / Syndicated columnist | Courting corporations: One city's cautionary tale

E.J. Dionne / Syndicated columnist | Flummoxed Democrats bow to Republican obstructionism

Nicholas D. Kristof / Syndicated Columnist | Health-reform foes on the wrong side of history

George Will / Syndicated columnist | Protect America from health-care coercion

Guest columnist | Rewarding the legislative champions of labor interests

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