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Railroad mechanical worker Luke Trapp has a schedule that changes from week to week, and the 24-year-old Seattle resident doesn't know if he'll be living in Seattle next year — or next month. So when he wanted to get his bachelor's degree in business management, he decided he…

Media's role in democracy and the nature of people and politics were the topics of the League of Women Voters of Whatcom County's meeting Saturday, Jan. 15.
The discussion drew more than 50 people to the Bellingham Public Library's lecture room to hear about the importance…

The spread of political information and democracy will be the topic of discussion at the League of Women Voters of Bellingham/Whatcom County's event Saturday, Jan. 15.
The talk, called "Why Deliberation Matters: Politics past and present in our democracy," will run from 9:30…

NOW that the midterm elections are over, we can better grapple with the true costs of the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United vs. the Federal Election Commission and the immediate outpouring of cash that shaped the elections' outcome.

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Many Americans are worried that America's Christian heritage is being threatened. Even if the threat is more perceptual than actual, it has mobilized important religious leaders and politicians to question the separation of church and state. In a recent debate in Delaware, Christine O…

Many Americans are worried that America’s Christian heritage is being threatened. Even if the threat is more perceptual than actual, it has mobilized important religious leaders and politicians to question the separation of church and state. Indeed, many conservatives construe efforts to…

Gov. Chris Gregoire recently appointed a Higher Education Task Force. It has many laudable goals, including making higher education funding more reliable and making colleges more affordable.