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Opinion: Voters deserve the opportunity to ‘Reject 5599’
Clark County Today Editor Ken Vance believes Washington lawmakers need to get out of the parenting business.
Opinion: ‘Put tolling in front of voters’
Long-time Clark County citizen and journalist Marvin Case shares his thoughts on tolling and light rail.
Opinion: Cost of Washington’s CO2 tax jumps to 45 cents per gallon
Todd Myers of the Washington Policy Center says more government spending probably only carves up the pie of how CO2 emissions are reduced, but it won’t change the size of the pie.
Opinion: Replacing the I-5 Bridge is not a solution for anything
Oregon legislature urged to reject $1 billion allocation for I-5 Interstate Bridge replacement and instead start planning for new bridges to tackle traffic congestion and provide redundancy in the…
Opinion: The state overpaid unemployment benefits during the pandemic and Washington taxpayers are footing the bill
Mark Harmsworth of the Washington Policy Center believes ESD officials need to provide the public with more transparency into its internal policies.
Opinion: Intermittent sources of energy create cost and reliability risks for the Northwest
Todd Myers of the Washington Policy Center says the cost of electricity during a blackout may be zero, but people aren’t likely to see that low price as a hedge against inflation.
Opinion: WA Cares investment meeting talks money, mentions renewed website
The state’s long-term care fund, WA Cares, has already spent a significant amount of money and offers limited benefits to workers, highlighting concerns about its effectiveness and potential drawba…
Opinion: Let’s eliminate light rail and tolling from the I-5 Bridge replacement at the same time
Editor Ken Vance shares changes to elements of the proposed project that he believes many Southwest Washington residents would support.
Opinion: State salary report shows running a school district is often the best job in town
Liv Finne of the Washington Policy Center believes that it’s important for the public to be informed about how much school leaders are paid and how effective the system is at educating children. Wa…
Letter: ‘The process for restoring an effective representative form of government is now about the healthy functioning of citizens’ minds on important matters’
Matt Garland states that Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is misusing federal funds by using taxpayer dollars to pay for her campaign mailers and that her town halls are really not public outr…
Should Washington workers fired for refusing to receive a COVID-19 vaccine be rehired by the state?
Should Washington workers fired for refusing to receive a COVID-19 vaccine be rehired by the state?
Opinion: Godspeed to rehiring – Get on board, governor
Elizabeth Hovde believes an outreach effort by the state should contain a mea culpa that’s as loud and clear as was the shaming of public employees who chose not to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
Opinion: State’s income tax windfall isn’t needed – public schools have plenty of money
Liv Finne states that in Washington, ‘fully funding the schools’ means funding the interests of powerful unions, bureaucracies, and feeding ever-growing amounts of tax money into an increasingly un…
Opinion: The debt-limit deal is a bust!
Speaker Kevin McCarthy criticized for selling out conservatives in debt-ceiling deal and failing to include spending cuts, prompting calls for Republicans to vote against the Biden/McCarthy agreement.
Opinion: Ecology quietly scrubs the gas price impacts
Todd Myers believes the governor and Ecology staff have chosen to play politics, blaming everyone else for the impact of their policies on Washington’s residents and economy.
Opinion: Why today’s elites literally can’t stand free speech
Opinion: Why today’s elites literally can’t stand free speech. David Kupelian gets to the root of today’s all-out war on the First Amendment.
Opinion: WA Cares is a regressive tax, hurting low-income workers
Elizabeth Hovde shares an opinion piece stating ‘The regressivity within this state-imposed program is one of the easiest reasons to be against the 2019 long-term-care law. ’
Opinion: State should protect Medicaid for people in need
Elizabeth Hovde believes states have a strong incentive to figure out who is eligible and who is not in a timely manner.