A new law passed earlier this year by the Washington Legislature offers a small but potentially effective way to save lives.
If pundits are to be believed, the hottest contest for elected office in our state this year is our U.S. Senate race, now that Dino Rossi has decided to challenge Patty Murray.
But there’s another battle that promises to be just as fierce: the looming showdown between Republican Dave Reichert and Democrat Suzan DelBene, the expected winners of the primary in the Eighth Congressional District, which includes Redmond.
In honor of “the rockets’ red glare, the bombs bursting in air,” our local skies will light up with fireworks this Fourth of July Holiday weekend.
Fireworks and Fourth of July are tied together like peanut butter and jelly, another All-American favorite.
Voters are likely to face a tough decision on their November General Election ballot.
Will they support a tax increase to continuing funding our county criminal justice system? Criminal justice — that’s the sheriff’s department, prosecuting attorneys and judges who help keep society safe. Most people are in favor of that.
As a 2010 high school graduate, I am the future of the country.
Everything depends on me, from repaying the national debt to solving the energy crisis to reviving the fine arts. I’m sent off into the world with encouragement and a little push. My teachers want me to believe I’m ready. But for all that encouragement, “prepared” isn’t exactly the word that best describes how I feel.
At the tail end of what has become known as “The Great Recession,” a new crop of high school talent is ready to make a name for itself as all three Redmond schools recently held graduation ceremonies.
Everyone knows politicians play hardball. The problem is, they rarely get hurt in the crossfire.
In King County it’s shaping up to be sheriff’s deputies, prosecutors and others in public safety and criminal justice who stand to be punished because the County Executive, and Democrats and Republicans on the County Council can’t or won’t agree to a plan to avoid layoffs to those county employees.
It’s time to park the phone and drive the car.
Those are words from Sen. Tracey Eide, one of the sponsors for the new hands-free cell phone law that will become a primary offense, starting next Thursday.
The Sons of Liberty was a group of Boston-area merchants that became angry and frustrated with the unfair tax system imposed on them by the English. This group organized the original Boston Tea Party out of this frustration. This same anger with unfair taxes is
Four members of the County Council are balking at putting a sales tax boost on the August ballot. Reagan Dunn…
One of the things that has long annoyed me about political coverage in the traditional media is the careless, unsophisticated way that journalists – and many pundits who appear as guests on news shows – classify people according to their political views.
Ring, ring. What is that unfamiliar sound? Don’t you remember what it was like to talk to your friend on…
King County may ask us to OK a sales tax hike to pay for public safety. It’s always interesting that…
The state’s Constitution has this to say about public education: 1. “It is the paramount duty of the state to…
Forty years ago, when the first Earth Day was organized to draw attention to the serious environmental problems created by…
It’s decision time. For the past several years, Sound Transit has been working to determine the environmental impact of East…
From Overlake to Redmond Ridge across to Rose Hill, there is plenty of construction orange peppered throughout Redmond these days.
Some would argue it’s a sign of inconvenience and hassle.
I would say it’s a sign of improvement and growth.
Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna represents the majority of American people who understand that a society supported by burgeoning entitlements is unsustainable.
The furor over the National Health Care Reform Act has got to stop. Next-to-nothing has been implemented yet and parts…
Aggressive driving is an ongoing traffic safety concern throughout the country.
National surveys consistently show that aggressive driving is as much of a safety concern as drunk driving and many drivers feel threatened by it.