Surveys find Washington voters no longer rank K-12 schools as a big issue, so politicians aren’t focusing on them as much. It’s a dicey moment to go missing on schools. (Greg Gilbert / The Seattle Times, 2021)
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Gone missing: The struggling public schools as a top issue in WA | Danny Westneat

Surveys find Washington voters no longer rank K-12 schools as a big issue. So politicians aren’t focusing on them as much. It’s a dicey moment to go missing on schools.

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Republican primary presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy speaks during a campaign event at Wellman’s Pub and Rooftop in Des Moines, Iowa, Jan. 9, 2024. As Monday’s caucuses approach, some voters in Iowa casually throw around the prospect of World War III and civil unrest, anxious of divisions they fear are tearing the country apart. (Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)

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Gone missing: The struggling public schools as a top issue in WA

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Business & Tech

File – An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9 aircraft awaits inspection outside the airline’s hangar at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, in SeaTac, Wash. The Federal Aviation Administration says it will audit Boeing’s aircraft production and increase oversight of the troubled company after a panel blew off a jetliner in midflight last week. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File) NYPM504 NYPM504

FAA in no rush to lift 737 MAX 9 grounding as cancellations mount

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FILE -Rescues crews work at the scene of an avalanche at the Palisades Tahoe ski resort on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024, near Lake Tahoe, Calif. As a massive winter storm dumped snow across much of the western U.S., winter sport enthusiasts headed to ski resorts and backcountry slopes ahead of the long Martin Luther King Jr. Day weekend. But in many areas, the storm brought a high risk of avalanche conditions.(Mark Sponsler via AP, File) NYMV411 NYMV411

Body of skier retrieved from Idaho backcountry after avalanche

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