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Opinion: Law on long-term care is a ‘safety net’?
Opinion

Opinion: Law on long-term care is a ‘safety net’?

Vancouver resident Elizabeth Hovde, of the Washington Policy Center, shares information about possible amendments to the long-term-care law.

Sep 10, 2021

Opinion: Inslee bringing it all down
Opinion

Opinion: Inslee bringing it all down

Columnist Nancy Churchill discusses how the pandemic started and where Washington state is now.

Sep 8, 2021

POLL: Should physicians be able to prescribe off-label medications such as ivermectin in the face of limited or no FDA-approved alternatives?
Opinion

POLL: Should physicians be able to prescribe off-label medications such as ivermectin in the face of limited or no FDA-approved alternatives?

POLL: Should physicians be able to prescribe off-label medications such as ivermectin in the face of limited or no FDA-approved alternatives?

Sep 7, 2021

Opinion: State workers appear stuck with the vaccine mandate
Opinion

Opinion: State workers appear stuck with the vaccine mandate

Washington Policy Center’s Elizabeth Hovde discusses the plight of the many public workers who are facing vaccine mandates.

Sep 7, 2021

Opinion: Why aren’t we celebrating the naturally immune?
Opinion

Opinion: Why aren’t we celebrating the naturally immune?

Clark County Today Administrator Heidi Wetzler provides compelling information about how natural immunity is not receiving the value it deserves.

Sep 2, 2021

Opinion: Health care spending in the $3.5 trillion welfare package
Opinion

Opinion: Health care spending in the $3.5 trillion welfare package

Roger Stark of the Washington Policy Center believes the impact would be as consequential as Roosevelt’s New Deal and Johnson’s Great Society.

Sep 1, 2021

Letter: Adolescent treatment facilities on brink of collapse due to the pandemic
Opinion

Letter: Adolescent treatment facilities on brink of collapse due to the pandemic

Thomas Russell, CEO of Daybreak Youth Services, shares his thoughts on how COVID-19 has changed our communities.

Sep 1, 2021

Letter: ‘You are the parent. You are the taxpayer. You are the boss. It’s time to start acting like it’
Opinion

Letter: ‘You are the parent. You are the taxpayer. You are the boss. It’s time to start acting like it’

Vancouver resident Valerie Anderson raises questions about the Vancouver School District’s approach to addressing COVID-19 during the 2021-2022 school year.

Aug 31, 2021

Letter: ‘It’s not just about the masks anymore for school children’
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Letter: ‘It’s not just about the masks anymore for school children’

Vancouver resident Katie Bauer discusses procedures in the Vancouver School District to address COVID-19

Aug 31, 2021

Letter: Clark County Fire District 3 Chief Scott Sorenson shares information with residents of the district
Opinion

Letter: Clark County Fire District 3 Chief Scott Sorenson shares information with residents of the district

In the next 5-10 years, Fire District 3 faces significant needs for additional facilities and apparatus.

Aug 31, 2021

Opinion: ‘Stay on the job; Tough out the uncertainty and the bullying and do not quit’
Opinion

Opinion: ‘Stay on the job; Tough out the uncertainty and the bullying and do not quit’

Columnist Nancy Churchill shares some advice to those facing a COVID-19 vaccination mandate from an employer.

Aug 30, 2021

Opinion: National mileage tax pilot tucked away in Biden’s 2,700-page infrastructure bill
Opinion

Opinion: National mileage tax pilot tucked away in Biden’s 2,700-page infrastructure bill

Mariya Frost of the Washington Policy Center shares her opinion that a proposed national mileage tax pilot program should be rejected.

Aug 26, 2021

POLL: If an employee is terminated because they are unwilling to get a COVID-19 vaccination, should they be eligible to collect unemployment benefits?
Opinion

POLL: If an employee is terminated because they are unwilling to get a COVID-19 vaccination, should they be eligible to collect unemployment benefits?

If an employee is terminated because they are unwilling to get a COVID-19 vaccination, should they be eligible to collect unemployment benefits?

Aug 26, 2021

Opinion: Civil Rights, segregation, and vaccine apartheid
Opinion

Opinion: Civil Rights, segregation, and vaccine apartheid

Freelance columnist Nancy Churchill believes the governor’s new vaccine mandate is the beginning of vaccine apartheid.

Aug 25, 2021

Letter: Will your children get an education or not?
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Letter: Will your children get an education or not?

Vancouver resident Sally Snyder discusses her concerns about issues facing parents of children attending Vancouver Public Schools.

Aug 23, 2021

Letter: ‘Follow the money’ may be more enlightening than following the science
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Letter: ‘Follow the money’ may be more enlightening than following the science

Battle Ground resident Crystal Katzer shares her thoughts on the pharmaceutical companies producing the COVID-19 vaccines.

Aug 23, 2021

Opinion: Lawmakers say their new long-term-care program provides peace of mind – but a look at the details shows it doesn’t
Opinion

Opinion: Lawmakers say their new long-term-care program provides peace of mind – but a look at the details shows it doesn’t

Vancouver resident Elizabeth Hovde, of the Washington Policy Center, encourages area residents not to buy into the marketing campaign the state has recently implemented to promote its new long-term…

Aug 20, 2021

Opinion: Mandated Vaccinations — Who is responsible for their risks?
Opinion

Opinion: Mandated Vaccinations — Who is responsible for their risks?

Clark County Today Administrator Heidi Wetzler shares her thoughts on the repercussions of COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

Aug 19, 2021