By JOHN BURBANK (Sept. 8, 2016) — I had a good Labor Day weekend. I hope you did, too. It was a good respite. Now we...
By JEFF JOHNSON (Sept. 2, 2016) — Sisters and Brothers, I want to wish you a great Labor Day weekend and to thank you and your...
By DAVID GROVES (Sept. 2, 2016) — Labor Day is a time to reflect upon the contributions of the people who make this nation work. And...
By KATIE GARROW (Aug. 26, 2016) — When I was 16 years old, I routinely missed volleyball practice after school because I got called in for...
By JOHN BURBANK (Aug. 25, 2016) — If you work in downtown Seattle, you can’t ignore the construction. Eight years ago construction ground to a halt,...
By REP. JOE FITZGIBBON (Aug. 17, 2016) — Last week, state Sen. Reuven Carlyle (D-Seattle) wrote an op-ed at PubliCola criticizing November’s Sound Transit 3 expansion...
By DAVID GROVES (Aug. 16, 2016) — Today’s edition of The Seattle Times features an opinion column, “Raising minimum wage would drive out youngest workers,” written by...
By JOHN BURBANK (Aug. 10, 2016) — Back in 1932, Washington citizens jettisoned the Republican State Treasurer and voted in a Democrat for the job of...
By LEO W. GERARD (Aug. 2, 2016) — As what the press has dubbed, “Hillary Clinton’s Blue Collar Bus Tour,” travels across Pennsylvania and Ohio, I...
By JOHN BURBANK (July 28, 2016) — We are in the season of party conventions. You may have watched the Republicans in Cleveland last week and...