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Car insurance changes would drive fairness, clean air
Our Vancouver correspondent: British Columbia ought to adopt pay-as-you-drive auto insurance to meet its climate goals and give consumers a chance to lower their costs.
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Mike McGinn: Don't call him Mayor Moonbeam
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The city of Seattle has been losing jobs while neighboring King County gains. And the city is resisting the kind of tighter budget practices that would help it live within its growing (yes, growing) general fund revenues.
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