Archive

Browse everything

Every published Clark County Today story. Filter by topic, place or month — the address bar keeps your filters, so any view is easy to share.

1,446 stories Politics · showing 127–144
Trump administration urges Supreme Court to rule soon on limiting vote-by-mail in midterms
Politics

Trump administration urges Supreme Court to rule soon on limiting vote-by-mail in midterms

A federal judge expanded a nationwide injunction blocking Trump's vote-by-mail executive order 12 weeks before Election Day.

Aug 12, 2026

Letter: The 223,000 aren't children refusing vegetables — they've read the menu
Opinion

Letter: The 223,000 aren't children refusing vegetables — they've read the menu

Teso cites a Knight Foundation survey of 12,000 people finding the top reason nonvoters stay home is disliking candidates, followed by doubting their vote matters.

Aug 12, 2026

Campaigns begin for girls sports, parental rights, income tax initiatives
Politics

Campaigns begin for girls sports, parental rights, income tax initiatives

Let's Go Washington has launched campaigns for three November ballot initiatives covering income tax repeal, parental rights, and girls sports eligibility.

Aug 12, 2026

Opinion: Democrats – A time for choosing Communism or the Constitution?
Opinion

Opinion: Democrats – A time for choosing Communism or the Constitution?

Nancy Churchill argues moderate Democrats now face a choice between the Constitution and a DSA platform that includes abolishing the Senate, presidency, and Supreme Court.

Aug 12, 2026

Letter: Why judicial activism threatens Washington Democracy
Opinion

Letter: Why judicial activism threatens Washington Democracy

Jonathan Hines argues a Thurston County judge canceled a Let's Go Washington hearing before sponsors could present their legal arguments.

Aug 12, 2026

VIDEO: Striking workers add to deficit risk for Washington jobless fund
Politics

VIDEO: Striking workers add to deficit risk for Washington jobless fund

Washington paid $565,700 in unemployment benefits to 151 striking workers in the first seven months of the year.

Aug 11, 2026

$20M in long-term care money for WA immigrants to cover fewer than 200 people
Politics

$20M in long-term care money for WA immigrants to cover fewer than 200 people

Washington lawmakers approved nearly $20M expecting to cover about 1,200 noncitizens, but federal rule changes mean only 173 will retain long-term care coverage.

Aug 11, 2026

Battle Ground City Council approves public invocations at future meetings
Politics

Battle Ground City Council approves public invocations at future meetings

Battle Ground councilors voted 5-1 to allow up to three-minute public invocations before future regular council meetings.

Aug 11, 2026

Gluesenkamp Perez attacks Braun on abortion as battle begins for WA House seat
Politics

Gluesenkamp Perez attacks Braun on abortion as battle begins for WA House seat

Gluesenkamp Perez is spending six figures on an ad featuring Braun's recorded comments about rolling back Washington's abortion law.

Aug 11, 2026

Small aircraft crash near Daybreak Airport
Politics

Small aircraft crash near Daybreak Airport

A single-engine aircraft crashed near Daybreak Airport in La Center, leaving both occupants with serious injuries.

Aug 11, 2026

Opinion: Washington state’s rainy day fund won’t help fire victims
Opinion

Opinion: Washington state’s rainy day fund won’t help fire victims

Rep. John Ley says Washington's reserves sit at about 5. 6 percent, the lowest in the nation, leaving little for wildfire relief.

Aug 10, 2026

Letter: Clark County 2027 – New leaders will inherit some very big decisions
Opinion

Letter: Clark County 2027 – New leaders will inherit some very big decisions

Peter Bracchi calls for a publicly accessible transition report covering unresolved oversight, major spending, and long-term policy decisions crossing into 2027.

Aug 10, 2026

Letter: Two-thirds of Clark County eligible voters didn't turn in a ballot in the primary election
Opinion

Letter: Two-thirds of Clark County eligible voters didn't turn in a ballot in the primary election

Thomas Schenk notes that roughly 223,000 of Clark County's 360,000 eligible voters did not cast a ballot in the 2026 primary election.

Aug 10, 2026

Letter: Marie Glusenkamp Perez – TV ad claims vs. reality
Opinion

Letter: Marie Glusenkamp Perez – TV ad claims vs. reality

Dick Rylander found that about 81% of Gluesenkamp Perez's individual contributions originate from outside Washington state.

Aug 10, 2026

Clark County Sheriff’s Office arrests suspect following shooting
Politics

Clark County Sheriff’s Office arrests suspect following shooting

Jacob Orr, 27, was booked into Clark County Jail on first-degree assault, felony harassment, and reckless endangerment charges.

Aug 9, 2026

Opinion: Wildfires, forgotten lessons and the price of neglect
Opinion

Opinion: Wildfires, forgotten lessons and the price of neglect

Rep. John Ley argues decades of poor forest management have left 400 million acres of fuel primed to burn.

Aug 9, 2026

Battle Ground city manager terminated after 4-3 City Council vote
Politics

Battle Ground city manager terminated after 4-3 City Council vote

Battle Ground's City Council voted 4-3 to terminate City Manager Kris Swanson without cause, amid a workplace investigation and two whistleblower letters from city employees.

Aug 7, 2026

Opinion: Judge’s own words expose the bias in Washington’s income-tax repeal impact disclosure
Opinion

Opinion: Judge’s own words expose the bias in Washington’s income-tax repeal impact disclosure

Ryan Frost argues Judge Lanese defended the PIID warning by reasoning voters need the government's case against tax cuts, not by testing whether the Attorney General met the neutrality requirement.

Aug 7, 2026