JC Harris For Des Moines, Washington
City Council, Position #2
By Dahlia Bazzaz Seattle Times staff reporter Education Lab is a Seattle Times project that spotlights promising approaches to persistent challenges in public education. The Seattle Foundation serves as the fiscal sponsor for Education Lab, which is supported by a grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Learn more about Ed Lab. DES MOINES — From
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By Gene Balk / FYI Guy Seattle Times columnist Everyone knows buying a home in Seattle is incredibly expensive. But keeping it isn’t cheap either. I’m talking about property taxes. The tax burden for Seattle homeowners is among the highest for any large U.S. city. And along with home values, property taxes in Seattle have
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By Daniel Beekman Seattle Times staff reporter There’s a new effort underway to bring neighborhood-based voting to Kent, the south-of-Seattle suburb that’s King County’s third largest city. A campaign called “Kent for Districts” launched Thursday, announcing plans to collect petition signatures for a November ballot measure that would switch five of seven Kent City Council seats to
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By Melissa Davis and Josh Farley Seattle Times Opinion columnists Editor’s note: Got questions about recycling that fresh-fruit packaging or envelopes with plastic windows? We’ve got answers. Times editorial board members and Opinion columnists Melissa Davis and Josh Farley made a malodorous examination of what happens to King County’s recyclables. They both grew up with bottle
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By The Seattle Times editorial board The Legislature returns to Olympia on Monday for a jampacked short session. In 60 days, lawmakers are expected to get to work grappling with gas prices, drug deaths, transportation woes, and mental health needs, among many issues. Adding pressure are November elections, and limited fundraising windows, for most of
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By Tantri Wija Special to (c) The Seattle TimesSeen from the air, the former Masonic Home of Washington in Des Moines has a bulls-eye view of Maury Island. (Ken Lambert / The Seattle Times)IT SOUNDS LIKE a plot out of a gothic novel: an old building, a product of the Jazz Age, erected by an ancient
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By NATHAN GILLES and Columbia Insight The Associated Press PORTLAND, Oregon (AP) — As native trees in the Pacific Northwest die off due to climate changes, the U.S. Forest Service, Portland, Oregon and citizen groups around Puget Sound are turning to a deceptively simple climate adaptation strategy called “assisted migration.” As the world’s climate warms,
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By Erica Browne Grivas Special to At Home in the Northwest If your garden could ask, it would have only one thing on its holiday wish list: a worm bin. Experienced gardeners know that abundant harvests are fed by the health, makeup and diversity of their soil, and the fastest way to improve your soil
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By Mike Lindblom Traffic Lab is a Seattle Times project that digs into the region’s thorny transportation issues to explore the policies and politics that determine how we get around and how billions of dollars in public money are spent. It is funded with the help of community sponsor PEMCO Mutual Insurance Company. Seattle Times editors
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