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The MAX Yellow Line doesn’t deserve a green light
TriMet has continued to push for expansion of the Yellow Line, with plans to extend the line into Washington state across the proposed new I-5 bridge.
Opinion: Washington’s Labor and Industries has had a data breach – Is the government ever going to protect our data?
Mark Harmsworth of the Washington Policy Center discusses a recent identity theft that took place at Washington’s Labor and Industry Tukwila facility of hard drives, laptops, cellphones, office equ…
Opinion: Welcome to the Board
In her weekly column, Nancy Churchill answers a question from a reader about how they can serve their community.
Opinion: ‘Making decisions that put my life in danger and then reducing my ability to defend myself and my loved ones? That just doesn’t make any sense to me’
Clark County Today Editor Ken Vance discusses the effort of some lawmakers to prevent law-abiding citizens from owning guns
Opinion: Proposal to require all-electric home construction based on outdated and inaccurate information
Todd Myers of the Washington Policy Center shares new data from proponents that show banning natural gas from homes would increase housing costs.
Opinion: Legislators discuss long-term care, predict more changes to law
Elizabeth Hovde of the Washington Policy Center discusses solvency concerns, repeal attempts and possible changes to the new long-term-care law.
POLL: Should the FDA approve Pfizer’s request to grant emergency use authorization to administer its COVID-19 vaccine to children from six months to 5 years of age?
Should the FDA approve Pfizer’s request to grant emergency use authorization to administer its COVID-19 vaccine to children from six months to 5 years of age?
Opinion: Less government mandates will mean more affordable rents and mortgages
Mark Harmsworth of the Washington Policy Center offers direct legislation that has significantly increased rents and the cost of construction here in Washington state.
Opinion: Workers shouldn’t be forced to fund union politics
Elizabeth Hovde of the Washington Policy Center discusses an upcoming decision in the lawsuit of a Boeing employee who claims his union violated his right to refrain from paying for unwanted union…
Opinion: Promising prescription to help combat unnecessarily higher drug prices
Elizabeth Hovde of the Washington Policy Center explains how pharmaceutical benefit managers might have a role in the drug market, but only if they are helping, rather than hurting, patients.
Opinion: Plans are in place to force Oregonians to pay for the privilege of waiting in traffic
Eric Fruits of the Cascade Policy Institute warns that Oregon’s tolling program, which will have a significant impact on Southwest Washington drivers, is coming more quickly than you would think.
Opinion: Will diesel exhaust fluid crash the economy?
In her weekly column, Nancy Churchill discusses how a possible shortage of DEF could bring the trucking industry to its knees.
POLL: Should the Inslee Administration be allowed to ask Washington taxpayers to subsidize health plans available to undocumented residents living in the state?
Should the Inslee Administration be allowed to ask Washington taxpayers to subsidize health plans available to undocumented residents living in the state?
Opinion: State taxpayers might be paying up to $1 billion a year subsidizing health insurance for undocumented residents
Elizabeth Hovde of the Washington Policy Center reveals how the Inslee Administration is trying to obligate Washington taxpayers to even more payments that would include years of obligation.
Opinion: Doubling down on a bad idea, how about those gas prices?
In her weekly column, Nancy Churchill takes a deeper look at Washington’s ever-increasing gas prices.
Opinion: The I-5 Bridge Replacement Project’s administrators are misleading state legislators about light rail
The Cascade Policy Institute disputes information provided by the Interstate Bridge Replacement Program team.
POLL: Should doctors who prescribe ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine be protected by law?
Should doctors who prescribe ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine be protected by law?
Opinion: Sending hopeful messages about state’s long-term-care law doesn’t make it a good deal; exemptions continue
Elizabeth Hovde of the Washington Policy Center provides insight that cuts through administrators’ messages of hope.