Kevin Ranker | The Seattle Times

May 23, 2017 at 2:51 pm

Legislators, let’s teach our children the value of compromise | Op-Ed

Washington state lawmakers have made their partisan points. Now they do the hard work of legislating, writes Sen. Kevin Ranker.

May 27, 2015 at 5:03 pm

To protect our climate, stop purchasing coal | Guest columnist

Washington state gets about 14 percent of its electricity from coal plants, mostly from Montana and Wyoming.

Opinion

February 2, 2014 at 4:03 pm

Guest: Protect consumers in cases of telecommunications outages

HOW many times have you lost telephone, cable, Internet or cellphone service, and how much of an inconvenience was it? How many times did your...

Opinion

April 1, 2013 at 4:01 pm

Guest: Growing up in a society that questioned my gay dad’s parenting

FOR most of us, last week’s U.S. Supreme Court proceedings on cases related to same-sex marriage touch upon what we hold most dear — our...

Opinion

May 19, 2010 at 3:51 pm

Puget Sound’s slow oil spill

Puget Sound is at risk from petroleum and chemicals, write guest columnists Kevin Ranker and David Dicks. While the U.S. Gulf coast is threatened by...

Opinion