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Letter: ‘The process for restoring an effective representative form of government is now about the healthy functioning of citizens’ minds on important matters’
Matt Garland states that Congresswoman Marie Gluesenkamp Perez is misusing federal funds by using taxpayer dollars to pay for her campaign mailers and that her town halls are really not public outr…
Should Washington workers fired for refusing to receive a COVID-19 vaccine be rehired by the state?
Should Washington workers fired for refusing to receive a COVID-19 vaccine be rehired by the state?
Opinion: Godspeed to rehiring – Get on board, governor
Elizabeth Hovde believes an outreach effort by the state should contain a mea culpa that’s as loud and clear as was the shaming of public employees who chose not to receive a COVID-19 vaccine.
Opinion: State’s income tax windfall isn’t needed – public schools have plenty of money
Liv Finne states that in Washington, ‘fully funding the schools’ means funding the interests of powerful unions, bureaucracies, and feeding ever-growing amounts of tax money into an increasingly un…
Opinion: The debt-limit deal is a bust!
Speaker Kevin McCarthy criticized for selling out conservatives in debt-ceiling deal and failing to include spending cuts, prompting calls for Republicans to vote against the Biden/McCarthy agreement.
Opinion: Ecology quietly scrubs the gas price impacts
Todd Myers believes the governor and Ecology staff have chosen to play politics, blaming everyone else for the impact of their policies on Washington’s residents and economy.
Opinion: Why today’s elites literally can’t stand free speech
Opinion: Why today’s elites literally can’t stand free speech. David Kupelian gets to the root of today’s all-out war on the First Amendment.
Opinion: WA Cares is a regressive tax, hurting low-income workers
Elizabeth Hovde shares an opinion piece stating ‘The regressivity within this state-imposed program is one of the easiest reasons to be against the 2019 long-term-care law.’
Opinion: State should protect Medicaid for people in need
Elizabeth Hovde believes states have a strong incentive to figure out who is eligible and who is not in a timely manner.
Letter: ‘Do not believe that CD3 is purple’
Clark County Republican State Committeewoman Anne O’Neill makes her case for Joe Kent in the Third Congressional District Editor’s note: Opinions expressed in this letter to the editor are those of…
POLL: Will the CCRP’s support of Joe Kent lead to a victory for the Republican?
Will the CCRP’s support of Joe Kent lead to a victory for the Republican in the 2024 Third Congressional District congressional race?
Opinion: Office of Financial Management fined for withholding public documents
OFM was withholding from a public records request contract negotiation documents between the state and public sector unions.
Opinion: Making drugs illegal again – Washington’s special session
Nancy Churchill believes that while this compromise bill was not everything that conservatives hoped to achieve, it was a small step in the right direction.
Opinion: State transportation budget highlights
Charles Prestrud of the Washington Policy Center believes the budget shows little progress on the reforms to planning and prioritization that are desperately needed.
BLM wilderness areas may be less accessible to the public soon
The Bureau of Land Management’s proposed rule to create conservation leases on public lands is seen as a circumvention of Congress and could limit access for livestock grazers and the public. The B…
Opinion: I-5 Bridge replacement is not a solution for anything
John Charles believes the Interstate Bridge should be left alone for now and ODOT should be directed to start planning for two new bridges.
POLL: Do you agree with Vancouver’s proposed purchase of property to serve as a light rail stop connected to the I-5 Bridge replacement project?
Do you agree with Vancouver’s proposed purchase of property to serve as a light rail stop connected to the I-5 Bridge replacement project?
Opinion: As new payroll tax nears, state continues trying to make WA Cares look prettier
Elizabeth Hovde points out that starting in July, WA Cares’ regular diet of payroll taxes will take income away from households that could have been used for life’s many needs.