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Lawmakers ponder rules for delivery robots

Lawmakers ponder rules for delivery robots

The future, it turns out, makes a quiet whirring sound. With little more fanfare than the soft… Continue reading

Lawmakers ponder rules for delivery robots

LETTER: Urges support for consolidation of Port Townsend, East Jefferson Fire Rescue

As a past chair of a fire and rescue district board, I urge support of the ballot measure that resolves the matter of the consolidation… Continue reading

Tappy the robot behind part of charges against Huawei

Chinese tech company Huawei went so far as to steal a robot’s arm in its bid… Continue reading

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Which team will win Super Bowl LIII?… Continue reading

  • Jan 29, 2019

Everyone wants to clean up state energy sector, but parties disagree on how

Partisan versions of bills proposed in House to transition Washington power

State bills would remove statute of limitations for felony sex crimes

The state House of Representatives’ public safety committee has heard public testimony on two bills that… Continue reading

LETTER: Privacy health concerns in Clallam smart meters

Smart meters come in under the radar. In this day and age of technological surveillance and diminished civil and personal freedoms, we need to be… Continue reading

Motorcyclists rev support for anti-profiling law in Olympia

Motorcyclists rev support for anti-profiling law in Olympia

For years, state and federal civil rights law has prohibited the targeting of individuals by law… Continue reading

Motorcyclists rev support for anti-profiling law in Olympia

Lawmakers seek revisions to wrongful death and injury statutes

A proposal prompted by the 2015 “Ride the Ducks” wreck on the Aurora Bridge in Seattle… Continue reading

Bill aims to make opioid overdose medication easier to access for schools

Opioid overdose medication could become more readily available for K-12 schools and institutions of higher education… Continue reading

LETTER: Accolades for MLK Day assembly at Port Angeles High

What would Martin Luther King Jr. be working on if he were still alive today? I had the great privilege to attend the Port Angeles… Continue reading

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Would you support legislation that requires presidential candidates to release their tax returns?… Continue reading

  • Jan 27, 2019

Rural investment, timber tax cuts focus of proposed law

Proposed Senate legislation would, if passed, aid the Emerald Coast Opportunity Zone by providing a tax… Continue reading

LETTER: Blatant violation of federal workers’ rights

Talk to lawyers During President Donald Trump’s government shutdown, our U.S. Coast Guard personnel served without pay. Yet, like many other federal workers, many were… Continue reading

LETTER: Contact public officials for end to shutdown

Starts at home The government shutdown needed bipartisanship from the president, Republicans and Democrats. This shutdown helped no one. It achieved nothing. People lost confidence… Continue reading

LETTER: Shutdown is an assault on democracy by president

Assault on democracy Much coverage of the standoff between Trump and his GOP supporters on the one hand and the opposition missed the following key… Continue reading

LETTER: Time to celebrate with a slowdown

Time to slow down These days you occasionally hear on the news that the economy is not growing or, God forbid, slowing down. Come on.… Continue reading

LETTER: Time to grow up and start negotiating end to shutdown

Time to grow up I think that the members of Congress who refuse to sit down and discuss this problem that is keeping our government… Continue reading

LETTER: Trump a disgraceful no-show for veterans

No-show for vets On Dec. 20 a letter writer listed all the names that Donald Trump has been called but he left out one name… Continue reading

PHOTO: Glasses raised for Strange Brewfest

PHOTO: Glasses raised for Strange Brewfest

A group of friends from Seattle, from left, Bethany Burkheart, Olivia Gronz and husband John, and Amanda Barnett, raised their glasses in… Continue reading

PHOTO: Glasses raised for Strange Brewfest