Our primary endorsements for the U.S. House
This editorial will appear in Sunday’s print edition. The U.S. House of Representatives may be the most partisan room in the Western Hemisphere, yet Washington voters pick their candidates for it with...
View ArticleOur choices in the 26th and 29th legislative races
This editorial will appear in Tuesday’s print edition. The 26th Legislative District, west of the Narrows, is rural and suburban. The 29th, dominated by Tacoma’s southern neighborhoods, is working...
View ArticleFor Congress: Kilmer, Smith, Reichert and Heck
This editorial will appear in Wednesday’s print edition. The greater South Sound region is a nexus of four of Washington’s 10 congressional districts, which translates into generous representation in...
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Washington will fare best with McKenna as governor
Rob McKenna This editorial will appear in Sunday’s print edition. Washington has two substantial candidates for governor this year, state Attorney General Rob McKenna and Jay Inslee. McKenna is the...
View ArticleOur choices for the 2nd and 25th legislative districts
This editorial will appear in Monday’s print edition. Politically, Pierce County’s 2nd and 25th legislative districts look red and purple. The November election will tell us just how red and how...
View ArticleOur endorsements in the 26th and 28th district legislative races
This editorial will run in Wednesday’s print edition. Running for the Legislature in Washington’s 26th and 28th legislative districts is not for timid souls. The two districts always feature spirited...
View ArticleA quick tour of our choices for the November ballot
This editorial will appear in Sunday’s print edition. Since the middle of May – five months ago – the editorial board of The News Tribune has been immersed in homework on the ballots now arriving in...
View Article6 days from election, the scariest Halloween of all
This editorial will appear in Wednesday’s print editon. Witches, zombies, ghosts and ghouls. Lions and tigers and bears. Dare we venture out after dark with election day so close at hand? A pall of...
View ArticleAcross America, the governed bestow their consent
This editorial will appear in Tuesday’s print edition. You can almost hear history’s hinges creak today. American government floats in limbo. Executive power in the world’s dominant nation teeters on a...
View ArticleThere’s no reason to drag out election process
This editorial will appear in Wednesday’s print edition. Are voters in Oregon smarter than those here in Washington? Apparently. Somehow they’ve been able to get their ballots in by 8 p.m. on Election...
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