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Punishing the UW for success
The state expects the UW to be both "racehorse and workhorse," and on a starvation diet. The university's only recourse: lowering educational quality and privatizing.
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New Jersey's Race for the Ax
A reform governor beheads his schools chief, almost making one wish the Evergreen State were more like the Garden State.
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How an economic bust can spark a civic-planning buzz
Smart communities, including some in the Salt Lake City area, are using the economic doldrums as a chance to lay groundwork for future initiatives such as light rail.
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Who will speak up for Seattle cartoonist under fatwa threat?
Molly Norris, under FBI protection because of a terror-connected cleric's threat, has become friends with the head of a local Muslim-American group. But have Seattle's liberal politicians reached out to embrace her or free expression? Uhh, no.
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High-school reunions: becoming our parents
Forty-one years later, a writer reflects on small-town life, special teachers, her car-hop job at A&W, and the realization that she and her classmates are turning into their parents.