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Israel: Corrie's posthumous trial, holy sites and ending aid
NEW - 3/15, 04:00 PM
Civil Disagreement: One Nation, Under God?
NEW - 3/12, 03:46 PM
Good for the 9th Circuit. Someone had to stand up for keeping God in the Pledge of Allegiance.
The U.S. House should reject the health care bill and start over
The Seattle Times editorial board urges the U.S. House of Representatives to vote "no" on the health care bill. Better to start over.
The U.S.-Mexico drug war took a bloody turn
Google's beef with China should be negotiated
Legislature rallies for state's students
State should consider consolidating school districts
Politics over peace in the Middle East
Can Britain's Gordon Brown pull a Truman-beats-Dewey upset? | E.J. Dionne / Syndicated columnist
Could Prime Minister Gordon Brown become the Harry Truman of British politics? Columnist E.J. Dionne Jr. looks at the Labor Party leader's uphill battle to retain his job as Conservative Party leader David Cameron had begun to slip in the polls. A comeback akin to Truman's famous upset over Tom Dewey in 1948 could be in the works.
Washington's GAU saves people from homelessness | Guest columnist
Open Gov conference should help government be more of an open book | Guest columnist
Ethnic profiling and Jihad Jane | Leonard Pitts Jr. / Syndicated columnist
Amazon.com and its damaging Internet tax-avoidance strategy | David Sirota / Syndicated columnist
Congress must give Obama the tools to advance free trade | Guest columnist
Hail the rotation of political power | Charles Krauthammer / Syndicated columnist
Meet the real Barack Obama | David Brooks / Syndicated columnist
Rules must change to avoid another case like Maurice Clemmons | Guest columnist
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The Washington Legislature is grappling with how to fill a $2.6 budget hole -- spending cuts, tax increases or a combination. Here state and community leaders and other citizens weigh in.
- Legislature must cut more before raising taxes by $1 billion | Editorial
- State legislators should resist urge to raise taxes | Editorial
- Legislature must find new revenue to protect basic values | Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown
- Legislature should retain I-960's tax-raising threshold | Editorial
- Washington state's budget needs a haircut — a buzz cut or just a trim? | Joni Balter
- Legislature already runs into a budget hurdle | Letters to the Editor
- Time to stop Washington's gambling ways | Washington Research Council
- Avoid California's failure and focus on job creation | Washington Roundtable
- Legislature should consider eliminating some tax exemptions | Federation of State Employees
- Washington lawmakers should not skimp on kids | Children's Alliance
- Washington needs more revenue: Add a penny to the state sales tax | Guest columnist
- Budget solutions will require tough decisions and real reforms | Washington Policy Center
- State spending must match the revenues at hand | Editorial
- Find budget solutions that protect Washington's values | Republican leaders
- State budget woes | Northwest Voices | Letters to the Editor
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