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Obsolete legal protections of digital records need an immediate upgrade. Read more »

Hell hath no fury like a journalist snooped upon. Thankfully, it's a public-minded kind of fury, in a case that throws light on the erosion of privacy and freedom of the press. Read more »

Democratic Congresswoman Suzan DelBene is not a sponsor of the farm bill put forth today by House Republicans. But the Medina lawmaker did get her proposal to boost job training for food stamp recipients included in the legislation offered up by Republican Congressman Frank Lucas of Oklahoma. Read more »

The act simply requires online retailers to collect sales tax. Collection is simplified by the Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement, which Washington and 43 other states have signed. It is not a new tax. And it is an acknowledgment that existing law — requiring online buyers to voluntarily report and pay sales tax — is absurdly out-of-date. Read more »

Given how important commerce generated from travel across the northern border is, I was shocked to see a proposal in the Department of Homeland Security's Fiscal Year 2014 budget request to study whether fees should be assessed on passengers and pedestrians crossing into the United States at land crossings, such as ours in Whatcom County. Such a fee would create a new economic barrier… Read more »

The Forest Service is proposing to use a helicopter to haul away the fought-over forest fire lookout on Green Mountain in the Glacier Peak Wilderness and plunk it down eight miles away at the top of Circle Peak. Earlier this year, four members of Washington state's congressional delegation -- Democratic U.S. Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell and Reps. Suzan DelBene and Rick Larsen… Read more »

Shielding student loans from rising interest rates was a prime topic for discussion Wednesday during U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene’s visit to Skagit Valley College. Read more »

Congresswoman Suzan DelBene is going to bat for specialty crop producers in Washington.http://kgmi.com/Specialty-crops-a-priority-for-farm-bill/16167637 Read more »

Federal lawmakers should come together in common cause to unscramble a tax dodge that squeezes small business while sapping state coffers.http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20130424/OPINION01/704249973/-1/OPINION#Boost-mainstreet-retailers Read more »

PRAISE goes to U.S. Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Wash., for making a bold statement Monday that others in Washington’s congressional delegation should also consider.http://seattletimes.com/html/editorials/2020743359_editdelbenepaycutxml.html Read more »