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State farmers' problems lead Dow to seek federal change on herbicide
The move is designed to prevent further recurrence of problems like those that caused troubles last year with some crops, particularly in Whatcom County.
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Health cuts: Will Washington end up a lot like Arizona on transplants?
Cutting the state's Basic Health Plan, as Gov. Gregoire suggests, might leave some potential transplant recipients in a position that wouldn't be all that different from Arizona's.
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Heritage Turkeys of the Year
The worst developments in Northwest heritage and historic preservation for 2010.
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How I became an anti-union Democrat
At every step, the priorities of public labor unions have seemed out of touch with the realities of today's younger workers.
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Will the state turn to a gambling fix?
The bar and restaurant industry is eager to expand gambling to its venues, promising billions of revenue to the hard-pressed state budget. The tribes will fight the expansion, along with many other doubters of this kind of budgetary fix.