Opinion

Under the United States Constitution, everyone who is accused of a crime is entitled to legal representation.

Government bears the costs of defending the accused who are too poor to pay for a lawyer. This practice is a vital part of…MORE

Look around your neighborhood, and you'll see more rain-collection barrels popping up in yards as people find ways to conserve water. The 55-gallon drums collect rain from downspouts and homeowners use it to water their lawns and gardens.

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Continual changes in state election primary dates have become so numerous that even the Web sites that track such things are in disarray.

Saving rain water makes sense

By Don Brunell

Look around your neighborhood, and you'll see more rain-collection barrels popping up in yards as people find ways to conserve water. The 55-gallon drums collect rain from downspouts and…MORE

How We Got Here

Every governing system run by a single party or ideology runs the risk of falling victim to groupthink, a condition in which basic assumptions go unchallenged, debate is minimized, dissenters are marginalized, and all the…MORE

The big question is whether "Seattle Homes Within Reach" will reach enough of the residents of the city to keep them from either being forced to live elsewhere or become part of the working homeless.

As Rebekah Schilperoort's story on Page…MORE

Great editorial (August 15). It was concise, accurate and called for action on an important issue. You can be sure I will be back in Olympia working on this again this next session.

Also, Rebekah is doing a great job covering the housing…MORE

In November the people of Washington will vote on Initiative 960, a measure is sponsored by Tim Eyman that would re-affirm current law requiring state tax increases be adopted with a two-thirds vote in the Legislature, subject all fee increases…MORE

In November the people of Washington will vote on Initiative 960, a measure is sponsored by Tim Eyman that would re-affirm current law requiring state tax increases be adopted with a two-thirds vote in the Legislature, subject all fee increases…MORE

As our series of stories on home purchase and rental economics has shown, West Seattle is simply glowing red hot. One of the reasons is the escalating number of apartment buildings, often older ones that have units more affordable to middle- and…MORE