Driving while impaired: Fix blood-test backlogs first

I couldn’t agree more with the editorial about speeding up DUI blood tests. (“Fix DUI test backlog at state labs before lowering blood-alcohol limit,” Feb. 10, Opinion.) The delays lead to more tragedy and death. But there is another avenue to pursue a…

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Water supply: Prepare

Re: “Record snow drought in Western US raises concern for a spring of water shortages and wildfires” (Feb. 9, Climate Lab): Seattle might not be the largest, most powerful city in the Northwest if not for the foresight and initiative of its early city …

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Immigration crackdown: Parallels to 1942

Feb. 19 will be the 84th anniversary of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066. The parallels between the Japanese American incarcerations and today’s immigrant roundups and deportations are stunning. Both eras involve the rapid removal of people…

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