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Seattle Times Opinion

Homelessness: Address income inequality
Author: Letters editor

Re: “The answer is affordable housing, not criminalizing homelessness” [April 23, Opinion] and “Sleepwalking into civil war” [April 24, Opinion]: In her op-ed, Lauren McGowan wrote that a Supreme Court case poses the question of whether to deal with homelessness with punishment or support. The “glaring lack of affordable housing” was cited as evidence that […]
The Northwest’s ‘dental care divide’ is becoming a crisis
Author: Cindy Breilh

There is a growing divide between those fortunate enough to keep their teeth, and those whose only option is to have them pulled because they have no insurance.
Israel-Hamas war: Listen to ‘Palestinian lived experiences’
Author: Letters editor

Re: “A vital voice has been left out of statements about Gaza” [April 28, Opinion]: I find it unsettling that in this column, establishment Jewish organizations ask that “their lived experiences and their voices be central to adopting positions,” while Palestinian lived experiences and voices have been undeniably marginalized and suppressed for decades. In the […]
Catching up with — and rooting for — an entrepreneur taking a chance on fixer-upper newspapers
Author: Brier Dudley

A conversation with CherryRoad Media CEO Jeremy Gulban about prospects for saving local newspapers in America's small towns and counties.
Forecast is clear: WA must boldly pursue new green energy sources
Author: The Seattle Times editorial board

State officials chose to protect nests over a direly-needed 1-gigawatt wind farm. The threat of climate change must become the paramount concern of regulators.

Columbian Newspaper

Seattle asylum-seekers outside again
Author: Anna Patrick, The Seattle Times

Hundreds of asylum-seekers are back living outside after running out of private donations to cover their stay in hotels and short-term rentals across King County.

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The multimillion-dollar fight over WA’s cap-and-invest program
Author: John Stang, Crosscut.com

Bolstered by an almost $5 million war chest, supporters of Washington’s cap-and-invest program have begun their efforts to keep the state’s carbon pricing system, which is facing a November recall referendum.

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Seattle Times Politics

A seized superyacht shows up in Everett — minus one Russian oligarch owner
Author: Paul Roberts

A superyacht seized from a Russian oligarch has been brought to the port of Everett for repair work before being auctioned off. But things are complicated.

NYT Politics

Kristi Noem’s New Book Falsely Says She Met Kim Jong-un
Author: Chris Cameron
“I’m sure he underestimated me,” Ms. Noem writes of the North Korean leader in her forthcoming book. A spokesman said the error would be corrected.

Portland Business News

Burgerville takes on high-profile investors, including former Dutch Bros CEO
Author: Jonathan Bach
Burgerville was founded in 1963 and today has nearly 40 restaurants. The investor group plans a rapid expansion into other Northwest cities.

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