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Police Blotter, June 5 - 10, 2021
Police investigated blue spray paint damage to numerous trees around Mt. Erie and Sugar Loaf in the Anacortes Community Forest Lands this week.
Parking reform could reenergize downtowns – here's what happened when Buffalo changed its zoning rules
For urban planners, parking rules established decades ago have become a contentious 21st-century challenge. Parking takes up about one-third of land area in U.S. cities; nationwide, there are an estimated eight parking spaces for every car.
Is tax avoidance ethical? Asking on behalf of a few billionaire friends
Some of the U.S.‘s wealthiest individuals reportedly pay just a tiny fraction of the billions of dollars added annually to their fortunes in federal income tax – sometimes they pay nothing at all.
Supreme Court weighs voting rights in a pivotal Arizona case
Would you vote by mail if you had to drive hours to a post office to mail your ballot? That question confronts the United States Supreme Court this session in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee, which analysts see as one of the most important voting rights cases in a decade.
Police Blotter, May 29 - June 4, 2021
A local woman bought nearly $10,000 worth of gift cards to clear what she thought was a bank problem that turned out to be a scam.
Emily Wilder and journalism's longstanding Achilles' heel – partisans who cry bias
When the Associated Press fired Emily Wilder for violating its social media policy, it caused a firestorm in the media industry. Critics noted that the firing came only days after GOP activists called her biased, re-animating an ongoing debate about how responsible news organizations should deal with such accusations.