Days after local voters rejected several tax measures, the executive seeks an 8% property tax hike.
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A new study says Oregon loses tens of billions of dollars each year to the routine impacts of climate change.
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In the last 50 years, the bottom 60 percent saw their hourly wage increase only $3. Don’t count on Trump to fix that.
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How does a party chart a way out of a post-rational and polarized wilderness.
As Washington state showed in upholding cap-and-trade, climate efforts aren’t solely up to the president.
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Even so, they will drive up prices and won’t increase U.S. manufacturing productivity a new study shows.
Trump has already withstood investigations, unlike Nixon; but like Jackson he’s remade his party.
Bad decisions in the 1980s have led to deterioration of a culvert beneath tracks along the waterfront.
Locking up state timberlands as ‘legacy forests’ is bad for communities and the forests, themselves.
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By offering free AI tools, Meta is replacing human-generated content with bizarre, meaningless imagery.
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In fact, a study shows the return on investment for child care programs is $5 for every dollar spent.
Allowed a freer reign by advisers and the Supreme Court, Trump’s return promises a rough ride.
Despair is always an option; it’s going backward that we have to avoid.
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Americans across the political spectrum share a duty to support the peaceful transition of power.
As much as events will turn on the outcome, any chaos over the results could make things even worse.
Everett’s Initiative 24-02 will increase the minimum wage, but counts tips toward the $20.24 rate.
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Repealing it, by passing I-2117, would cost thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in growth.
