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Opinion: Senate Bill 5509 creates a state-run bank that Washington doesn’t need
Opinion: Senate Bill 5509 creates a state-run bank that Washington doesn’t need. Mark Harmsworth of the Washington Policy Center believes a public bank will only cost the taxpayers more money with…
Letter: The United States charges forward, medically transitioning gender confused children
Vancouver resident Julia Dawn Seaver shares evidence that ‘as the number of transgender children grows, so does the rate of those who regret their decision. ’
Opinion: Head-scratcher – State’s mask order for health care facilities is ending, vaccine mandate on employment is staying
Elizabeth Hovde of the Washington Policy Center believes the end of the state’s mask mandate in health and correctional facilities April 3 should have the governor better explaining the continued w…
Opinion: Washington’s emergency powers statute ranked 45th worst nationally for legislative oversight
Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center believes we didn’t need a national study to tell us that Washington’s emergency powers statute is badly lacking checks and balances and meaningful legi…
Commentary: Championship moments from a second-place team
Reporter Paul Valencia was with the Camas girls basketball team all week at the state tournament – not just the games – and observed the true meaning of team and the heart of a champion, even if th…
Opinion: State of Salmon in Washington 2022 – struggling populations, sea lions, and legislative shortfalls
Todd Myers of the Washington Policy Center provides an analysis of the 2022 State of Salmon in Watershed report.
POLL: Are you in agreement with the La Center School District’s new pronoun policy?
Are you in agreement with the La Center School District’s new pronoun policy?
Opinion: House Bill 1389 is proven to cause increases in rental rates and will reduce the availability of affordable housing
Mark Harmsworth of the Washington Policy Center says the bill will, in the long term, only continue to increase the cost of affordable housing.
Opinion: HB 1011 dies – Keep readying for a long-term-care payroll tax starting this summer
Elizabeth Hovde of the Washington Policy Center believes lawmakers just passed over the real solution to this long-term-care mess.
Opinion: Emergency powers reform dies again without even receiving a public hearing
Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center explains why our system of governance is not meant to be the arbitrary rule of one behind closed doors.
Opinion: Should we raise the property tax cap?
In her weekly column, Nancy Churchill discusses House Bill 1670, which would erase the one percent limit and repeal portions of the state law passed in 2007.
Ecology’s claim that CO2 tax shouldn’t increase gas prices is contradicted by yet another agency
Todd Myers of the Washington Policy Center points out that this is just the latest example of where the messages of the state’s new CO2 cap-and-trade system are at odds with other agencies that imp…
Opinion: Senate Bill 5054, to cut classroom learning time in schools by four hours a week
Opinion: Senate Bill 5054, to cut classroom learning time in schools by four hours a week. Liv Finne of the Washington Policy Center points out that the bill would set the precedent of filling clas…
POLL: Should Washington lawmakers pass police pursuit reform?
Should Washington lawmakers pass police pursuit reform to provide law enforcement officers fewer restrictions for pursuing suspected criminals?
Opinion: Stacking the deck — union coalition tries to get lawmakers to mandate workplace conditions it wants
Elizabeth Hovde of the Washington Policy Center states that rigid standards will hinder the medical profession and professional judgment and workplace innovation should be allowed to continue, not…
Letter: Congresswoman ‘has already spent time with small business owners here in Vancouver’
Vancouver resident Ellen Townsen offers her thoughts on the focus of Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez on small business.
Opinion: Members of the Washington State Legislature need to stop tying the hands of law enforcement officers
Clark County Today Editor Ken Vance discusses the rise in property crime in Clark County and Washington state
Opinion: IBR floats new bridge design, proving critics right
Joe Cortight offers his perspective on recent developments in the plans to replace the I-5 Bridge.