One dead in Anacortes shooting incident

Anacortes Police 1 minute read
Anacortes Police arrested a woman in connection with the shooting death of a man in an apparent domestic-violence incident.

School Board okays $45 million budget

Art Shotwell 2 minutes read
The Anacortes School Board approved the $45 million dollar school district budget for the coming school year at a meeting on Thursday night.

4 reasons why abortion laws often clash with the majority’s preferences in the US

Art Shotwell 7 minutes read
Why do government policies sometimes fail to reflect the public will? The answer begins with the design of the US government system, forged in the 18th century.

Unraveling the Interplay of Omicron, Reinfections, and Long Covid

Art Shotwell 6 minutes read
The omicron variant has proved adept at finding hosts, often by reinfecting people who recovered from earlier bouts of covid. But whether omicron triggers long covid as often and severe as previous variants is a matter of heated study.

A new US data privacy bill aims to give you more control over information collected about you – and make businesses change how they handle data

Art Shotwell 6 minutes read
Data collection is big business in the US, but a bipartisan data privacy bill rapidly moving through Congress promises to affect the information websites, social media platforms and all other businesses collect.

Advanced Placement courses could clash with laws that target critical race theory

Art Shotwell 6 minutes read
AP teachers could find themselves at odds with laws that restrict how they can teach about racism in America’s past.