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Opinion: Embrace the Culture War
Opinion

Opinion: Embrace the Culture War

Columnist Nancy Churchill discusses how Washington parent’s rights in their children’s education have been stolen.

Apr 12, 2022

Good news! People are tuning out the climate alarmists
Opinion

Good news! People are tuning out the climate alarmists

Exclusive: Joseph Farah points to doomsday predictions that continually get moved later and later.

Apr 12, 2022

Letter: The Clark County Council is planning to rig the elections … for themselves
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Letter: The Clark County Council is planning to rig the elections … for themselves

Vancouver resident Rob Anderson addresses the issue of redistricting as it pertains to the reelection of the current county councilors.

Apr 12, 2022

Letter: ‘The parents of the Evergreen School District do not realize what a poor education this district is giving to their children’
Opinion

Letter: ‘The parents of the Evergreen School District do not realize what a poor education this district is giving to their children’

Vancouver resident Gary Wilson shares his reasons why voters should not support Evergreen School District levy request.

Apr 8, 2022

Opinion: Public schools collect $2 billion in extra property taxes, while student learning continues to decline
Opinion

Opinion: Public schools collect $2 billion in extra property taxes, while student learning continues to decline

Liv Finne of the Washington Policy Center points out that despite efforts of some lawmakers to return money to taxpayers, Democrats in the legislature have kept the extra tax burden in place.

Apr 8, 2022

POLL: Do you support more than three through lanes for vehicle traffic for personal and freight vehicles in both directions on a proposed I-5 bridge to provide for future population growth?
Opinion

POLL: Do you support more than three through lanes for vehicle traffic for personal and freight vehicles in both directions on a proposed I-5 bridge to provide for future population growth?

Do you support more than three through lanes for vehicle traffic for personal and freight vehicles in both directions on a proposed I-5 bridge to provide for future population growth?

Apr 7, 2022

Opinion: Attorney General says capital gains tax is an ‘excise tax’ for I-1929 ballot title and summary despite court ruling it unconstitutional income tax
Opinion

Opinion: Attorney General says capital gains tax is an ‘excise tax’ for I-1929 ballot title and summary despite court ruling it unconstitutional income tax

Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center offers a refresher of what the Douglas County Superior Court judge said in his ruling.

Apr 7, 2022

COVID: When you kill evidence-based medicine, you kill people
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COVID: When you kill evidence-based medicine, you kill people

Exclusive: Joel S. Hirschhorn hits Fauci et al. for corrupting a system that used to ‘follow the science. ’

Apr 7, 2022

Opinion: State officials fined businesses over $11 million in mask mandate fines, with rural communities disproportionately targeted
Opinion

Opinion: State officials fined businesses over $11 million in mask mandate fines, with rural communities disproportionately targeted

Mark Harmsworth of the Washington Policy Center reveals information on businesses the state has fined for not following the mask mandates imposed by the Inslee administration.

Apr 6, 2022

Letter: Who is Dave Shook?
Opinion

Letter: Who is Dave Shook?

Area resident Lisa DiStefano discusses Dave Shook’s candidacy for Clark County sheriff.

Apr 5, 2022

Opinion: Bills only ‘veto-proof’ if legislature actually responds to vetoes by the governor
Opinion

Opinion: Bills only ‘veto-proof’ if legislature actually responds to vetoes by the governor

Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center reports no indication by legislative leadership that veto override votes will occur.

Apr 5, 2022

Opinion: State officials proceeding with capital gains income tax plans despite court ruling it unconstitutional
Opinion

Opinion: State officials proceeding with capital gains income tax plans despite court ruling it unconstitutional

Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center reveals intentions of Washington’s Department of Revenue after court declares capital gains income tax is unconstitutional.

Apr 4, 2022

POLL: Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has announced that Oregon’s state of emergency will end April 1. Is it time for Washington Gov. Jay Inslee to do the same?
Opinion

POLL: Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has announced that Oregon’s state of emergency will end April 1. Is it time for Washington Gov. Jay Inslee to do the same?

Oregon Gov. Kate Brown has announced that Oregon’s state of emergency will end April 1. Is it time for Washington Gov. Jay Inslee to do the same?

Mar 31, 2022

Opinion: Tax Structure Work Group votes to remove income taxes from consideration
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Opinion: Tax Structure Work Group votes to remove income taxes from consideration

Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center shares the tax options that were removed from future discussion.

Mar 31, 2022

Opinion: Oregon’s COVID state of emergency to end April 1
Opinion

Opinion: Oregon’s COVID state of emergency to end April 1

Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center reports Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has given no indication he plans to end his 759 days of governing by emergency proclamation anytime soon.

Mar 30, 2022

Trust providers? Gov. Inslee didn’t — and his vaccine mandate also resulted in 3,000 hospital workers losing jobs
Opinion

Trust providers? Gov. Inslee didn’t — and his vaccine mandate also resulted in 3,000 hospital workers losing jobs

Elizabeth Hovde of the Washington Policy Center shares how providers weren’t trusted to make medical decisions even for themselves.

Mar 30, 2022

Opinion: Gray areas in gray wolf management changes
Opinion

Opinion: Gray areas in gray wolf management changes

Pam Lewison of the Washington Policy Center shares her thoughts on the discussions about the need to preserve the growth of gray wolves

Mar 28, 2022

Opinion: Vaccine, mask mandates can’t take credit for lower COVID-19 death rates, a comparison of states shows
Opinion

Opinion: Vaccine, mask mandates can’t take credit for lower COVID-19 death rates, a comparison of states shows

Elizabeth Hovde of the Washington Policy Center shares why the data does not back up the claims of Gov. Jay Inslee.

Mar 25, 2022