Governors have become cautious about pardons in recent years, and that was before the shooting of four Lakewood officers at the hands of a parolee from Arkansas.
Some kids' reading and math scores are going up, but it's because some of their teachers and school principals are cheating for them, and for their own benefit.
Some local high schools have dramatically improved graduation rates, and they've done it without the big structural changes grabbing attention around the country.
The poll, taken last week amid tax protests and tax-paying day, shows soft support for boosting the sales tax to pay for health care and softer support for an income tax. No wonder Olympia politicians...
Senate Democrats, finding public support too soft for any tax increases this year, decide not to push for the sales tax increase for health care, nor for an income tax