By STEVE GAREY The following testimony was delivered at the March 14 public hearing on HB 1646, the Clean Energy Transition Act., before the House Committee...
By JOHN BURBANK (March 23, 2017) — Last November voters overwhelmingly approved Initiative 1433 to increase the minimum wage and establish a statewide standard for paid...
Nixing Chemical Safety Board shows willingness to put us all at risk By LEO W. GERARD WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 20, 2017) — After the president...
UPDATE (March 17, 2017) — HR 1259, the attack on union rights of Veterans Affairs employees, passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a 240-175 vote...
By STEVE SMITH (March 15, 2017) — Controversial Iowa Rep. Steve King is once again in hot water for espousing racist, white nationalist views, tweeting that...
By JOHN SCEARCY (Feb. 24, 2017) — The state Legislature is right to focus on fully funding our public education system as required under the McCleary...
By JOHN BURBANK (Feb. 23, 2017) — Here’s a headline that should make us happy: “Trump, Battered in Washington, Is Buoyed at Boeing Rally.” That was...
By KAREN STRICKLAND OLYMPIA (Feb. 22, 2017) — Monday, Feb. 20 was a wet and dreary day. Or so it seemed it would be. Instead, roughly...
By MARK M. MCDERMOTT (Feb. 20, 2017) — We live in dangerous times and it is critical to understand the political and psychological warfare mounted against...
By JONATHAN ROSENBLUM (Feb. 14, 2017) — When I first heard the good news on February 3 that U.S. District Court Judge James L. Robart had...
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