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Opinion: Will the home rental market collapse after the COVID-19 eviction moratorium is lifted?
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Opinion: Will the home rental market collapse after the COVID-19 eviction moratorium is lifted?

Mark Harmsworth, of the Washington Policy Center, addresses the upcoming expiration of the state-enforced rental eviction moratorium.

Jun 17, 2021

COVID vaccinations: ‘Residents who are concerned should contact their school district, county councilors, state legislators and congressional representatives’
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COVID vaccinations: ‘Residents who are concerned should contact their school district, county councilors, state legislators and congressional representatives’

Camas resident Margaret Tweet shares her thoughts about reports of the serious risks of investigational COVID vaccines.

Jun 16, 2021

Opinion: ‘Here in Washington state, when it comes to our approach to the pandemic, we live in what feels like a different time and continuum’
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Opinion: ‘Here in Washington state, when it comes to our approach to the pandemic, we live in what feels like a different time and continuum’

Clark County Today Editor Ken Vance takes a look at how Gov. Jay Inslee’s views on reopening compares to that in other states.

Jun 16, 2021

Letter: ‘School excludes parents, why?’
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Letter: ‘School excludes parents, why?’

Vancouver resident Sally Snyder shares her frustration with the Vancouver School District over the lack of communication with parents about a recent vaccine clinic.

Jun 16, 2021

Letter: ‘Public schools need to get smarter, and fast’
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Letter: ‘Public schools need to get smarter, and fast’

Vancouver resident Valerie Anderson discusses the performance of public schools during the pandemic.

Jun 12, 2021

Opinion: Vancouver officials should be pushing ‘to begin planning for at least one, if not two, new transportation corridors across the Columbia River’
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Opinion: Vancouver officials should be pushing ‘to begin planning for at least one, if not two, new transportation corridors across the Columbia River’

Clark County Today Editor Ken Vance offers his thoughts on efforts by Vancouver officials to develop the city’s long-term 20-year vision for its transportation system

Jun 10, 2021

Letter: ‘I hang on to the belief that both Oregon and Washington will come around to the advantages of a Musk-like tunnel for rubber tired electric transport’
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Letter: ‘I hang on to the belief that both Oregon and Washington will come around to the advantages of a Musk-like tunnel for rubber tired electric transport’

Hayden Island resident Sam Churchill shares his thoughts on the Interstate Bridge Replacement Program.

Jun 10, 2021

Opinion: Details about the state’s mandated long-term care law and payroll tax are slowly emerging
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Opinion: Details about the state’s mandated long-term care law and payroll tax are slowly emerging

Elizabeth Hovde, of the Washington Policy Center, shares the latest information from state officials about the new long-term care law and accompanying payroll tax.

Jun 9, 2021

Opinion: The government locks down the economy and more Americans are forced into Obamacare
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Opinion: The government locks down the economy and more Americans are forced into Obamacare

Roger Stark, senior fellow of the Washington Policy Center for Health Care, discusses how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted wealth redistribution and government control of our health care delivery…

Jun 8, 2021

Opinion: Forty percent of parents more likely to want homeschooling or online school after COVID
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Opinion: Forty percent of parents more likely to want homeschooling or online school after COVID

Liv Finne of the Washington Policy Center believes parents have good reason to be looking for better options for their children than public schools.

Jun 3, 2021

Opinion: L&I mandate requiring employers to track vaccination status of employees is burdensome, intrusive, and unnecessary
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Opinion: L&I mandate requiring employers to track vaccination status of employees is burdensome, intrusive, and unnecessary

Legislators from the 17th and 18th districts share their thoughts on the requirement of area businesses to track the vaccination status of employees.

Jun 3, 2021

Opinion: New payroll tax to hit workers this fall for mandated long-term-care program, but state commission has few answers on how it will work
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Opinion: New payroll tax to hit workers this fall for mandated long-term-care program, but state commission has few answers on how it will work

Elizabeth Hovde of the Washington Policy Center provides an update on the status of the new, long-term-care entitlement program run by the state and funded by a new payroll tax on workers.

Jun 2, 2021

Opinion: Labor and Industries adds more vaccine passport restrictions to businesses
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Opinion: Labor and Industries adds more vaccine passport restrictions to businesses

Mark Harmsworth, of the Washington Policy Center, discusses why he believes the state’s L&I rules to create a Washington state vaccine passport is a clear overreach of state government and should b…

May 28, 2021

Opinion: We should be questioning the global suppression of early treatment options for COVID-19
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Opinion: We should be questioning the global suppression of early treatment options for COVID-19

Clark County Today Administrator Heidi Wetzler shares what she believes is a medical tragedy that COVID-19 patients are not being treated immediately.

May 27, 2021

Opinion: State superintendent document says top priority for spending federal COVID money will be Critical Race Theory-type programs, not student learning
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Opinion: State superintendent document says top priority for spending federal COVID money will be Critical Race Theory-type programs, not student learning

Liv Finne, of the Washington Policy Center, shares a document from the OSPI about how COVID funds will be spent in public education.

May 26, 2021

Opinion: It just got a lot more expensive to buy a house, file a fence line change and record other documents in Washington
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Opinion: It just got a lot more expensive to buy a house, file a fence line change and record other documents in Washington

Mark Harmsworth, of the Washington Policy Center, discusses House Bill 1277, which has almost doubled recording fees for many of the documents required for legal transactions in Washington.

May 25, 2021

Opinion: ‘Requiring private Washington businesses to determine an employee’s medical status based on government guidance is outrageous’
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Opinion: ‘Requiring private Washington businesses to determine an employee’s medical status based on government guidance is outrageous’

Mark Harmsworth, of the Washington Policy Center, shares his thoughts on the decision of the Inslee administration to require vaccine passports in the workplace to be enforced by business owners.

May 24, 2021

Opinion: Governor Inslee should not require Washington businesses to enforce vaccination status rules
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Opinion: Governor Inslee should not require Washington businesses to enforce vaccination status rules

Mark Harmsworth, of the Washington Policy Center, believes Washington State Governor Jay Inslee has placed businesses and nonprofit organizations such as churches in a difficult position.

May 20, 2021