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POLL: Do you support Initiative 2124, which would make participation in WA Cares optional?
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POLL: Do you support Initiative 2124, which would make participation in WA Cares optional?

Do you support Initiative 2124, which would make participation in WA Cares optional?

May 9, 2024

Opinion: Look into all of WA Cares to know if it’s right for you
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Opinion: Look into all of WA Cares to know if it’s right for you

If I-2124 passes and a lot of Washington state workers choose not to participate in WA Cares, Elizabeth Hovde says lawmakers might have to give up on WA Cares.

May 9, 2024

Opinion: Unrealistic cougar management
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Opinion: Unrealistic cougar management

The recovery of the cougar population is one of the success stories in Washington state.

May 9, 2024

Opinion: Drinking in a parked car
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Opinion: Drinking in a parked car

Target Zero Manager Doug Dahl discusses the issue of drinking in a parked car

May 9, 2024

Opinion: Remembering a giant of a man
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Opinion: Remembering a giant of a man

Clark County Today Editor Ken Vance remembers one of his most influential mentors.

May 8, 2024

Opinion: State Board of Education pushes for more charter schools and calls for equitable funding
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Opinion: State Board of Education pushes for more charter schools and calls for equitable funding

The State Board of Education just published its seventh Annual Report on the performance of Washington’s 18 charter public schools.

May 8, 2024

Opinion: The Interstate Bridge replacement is two years behind schedule
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Opinion: The Interstate Bridge replacement is two years behind schedule

Joe Cortright of the City Observatory reports that the Interstate Bridge project’s Draft SEIS was supposed to be complete in December 2022 — It now won’t be done before December 2024.

May 7, 2024

Opinion: Aha moments are on the agenda for people analyzing WA Cares
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Opinion: Aha moments are on the agenda for people analyzing WA Cares

The May 1 meeting of a WA Cares oversight commission made one thing super clear: There is going to be a lot of disappointment if WA Cares remains a mandatory program funded by 58 cents (or more) of…

May 3, 2024

POLL: Do you support the Washington State Republican Party’s endorsement of Semi Bird over Dave Reichert in the governor’s race?
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POLL: Do you support the Washington State Republican Party’s endorsement of Semi Bird over Dave Reichert in the governor’s race?

Do you support the Washington State Republican Party’s endorsement of Semi Bird over Dave Reichert in the governor’s race?

May 2, 2024

Opinion: EV sales in WA far short of state target. Ecology’s application of the rule appears illegal
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Opinion: EV sales in WA far short of state target. Ecology’s application of the rule appears illegal

Todd Myers of the Washington Policy Center believes, ultimately, Washington’s EV requirement is needlessly expensive and restrictive.

May 2, 2024

Opinion: Levy failures and declining enrollment — what does it mean?
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Opinion: Levy failures and declining enrollment — what does it mean?

From Vancouver WA to Moses Lake and from Puyallup to Toppenish, parents are not granting their school district’s levy requests.

May 1, 2024

Letter: ‘Let the will of the people be heard’
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Letter: ‘Let the will of the people be heard’

Clark County resident Peter Hotrum shares his thoughts on the Washington State Republican Party 2024 Convention.

Apr 30, 2024

Opinion: The rent is overdue but it’s not just a renter problem, homeowners are struggling too
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Opinion: The rent is overdue but it’s not just a renter problem, homeowners are struggling too

Mark Harmsworth believes the solution to housing affordability is to increase supply through a reduction in unnecessary regulations and not passing restrictive ‘feel good’ policies that will have n…

Apr 29, 2024

Opinion: ‘Predators and progressives’
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Opinion: ‘Predators and progressives’

Nancy Churchill attempts to answer why progressives protect predators

Apr 29, 2024

Letter: ‘Nice to have a trustworthy publication’
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Letter: ‘Nice to have a trustworthy publication’

Brad Andersen suggests that “allowing some of the stories to play out a little more slowly may help return some old fashioned integrity in the newsmakers. ’’

Apr 29, 2024

Opinion: As more states enact learning choice programs that benefit children, nearly one million families have applied to participate
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Opinion: As more states enact learning choice programs that benefit children, nearly one million families have applied to participate

Liv Finne of the Washington Policy Center reports that an exciting opportunity has emerged from the damage inflicted on students from the extended COVID public school shutdowns and school curriculu…

Apr 26, 2024

Opinion: Can we actually stop some dangerous driving?
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Opinion: Can we actually stop some dangerous driving?

Doug Dahl, the Target Zero manager and communications lead, has a question for Washington drivers.

Apr 26, 2024

POLL: Do you agree with the decision of the jury that Vancouver Police Officer Andrea Mendoza was not guilty of assault?
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POLL: Do you agree with the decision of the jury that Vancouver Police Officer Andrea Mendoza was not guilty of assault?

Do you agree with the decision of the jury that Vancouver Police Officer Andrea Mendoza was not guilty of assault?

Apr 26, 2024