Author Profile Peter Jackson Peter Jackson is the former editorial-page editor of the Everett Herald. Follow him on Twitter @phardinjackson
Midday Scan: Eyman picks off red-light cams; Amazon on taxes; tuition qualms Rob McKenna by Peter Jackson / November 10, 2011
Midday Scan: Liquor for all, Snohomish County's landslide, Oregon's children left behind Costco gets its money's worth on the liquor initiative, Reardon pulls through the name-calling, and Oregon gets its priorities all wrong. by Peter Jackson / November 9, 2011
Politics Midday Scan: Election day tidbits; liberating school newspapers; Occupying the city council's brains. Snohomish County Executive Aaron Reardon by Peter Jackson / November 8, 2011
Environment Midday Scan: Geezers rule, initiatives lie, salmon ail, and Rooney rants Washington state ballot (2010). by Peter Jackson / November 7, 2011
Midday Scan: Pacific garbage heap hits home, the capital gains tax silver bullet, Snohomish misspending Plastic debris washed ashore on a San Francisco beach. by Peter Jackson / November 4, 2011
Midday Scan: The impotent candidate, Gregoire coddles corporations, salmon anemia gets serious Sockeye salmon. (NOAA) by Peter Jackson / November 3, 2011
Midday scan Wednesday: pot reform money; racing a fish virus; hopes in job darkness. Respectable money goes to marijuana (the initiative campaign, not the drug); Joel Connelly warns about that salmon virus; the 520 bridge helps Aberdeen's economy. by Peter Jackson / November 2, 2011
Midday scan: Union job cuts, snarky Snohomish politics, WA schools' questionable mental health policy Riotous times in Vancouver. by Peter Jackson / November 1, 2011
Midday Scan: Friday's top stories around the region A young Howard Schultz talks with Norm Rice. by Peter Jackson / October 28, 2011
Politics Midday Scan: Thursday's top stories around the region Gov. Chris Gregoire at a Langley rally during the 2008 campaign, when political winds were blowing in favor of Democrats. by Peter Jackson / October 27, 2011