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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

Opinion: Washington’s Employment Security Department is hiding its records
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Opinion: Washington’s Employment Security Department is hiding its records

A source exposed that the ESD was intending to delete 88 million internal messages between employees.

Aug 19, 2021

Opinion: Is an educator’s venom and vitriol against others ‘news?’
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Opinion: Is an educator’s venom and vitriol against others ‘news?’

Clark County Today Editor Ken Vance offers some thoughts on recent comments made by area educators on social media.

Aug 17, 2021

Opinion: Federal unemployment benefits are coming to an end
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Opinion: Federal unemployment benefits are coming to an end

Mark Harmsworth, of the Washington Policy Center, suggests that unemployed workers should be aggressively trying to find a new position now to avoid the rush once benefits end.

Aug 17, 2021

POLL: Clark County Today asks if educators who publicly express this type of a bias toward students and members of the community should be allowed to work in public schools?
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POLL: Clark County Today asks if educators who publicly express this type of a bias toward students and members of the community should be allowed to work in public schools?

Clark County Today asks if educators who publicly express this type of a bias toward students and members of the community should be allowed to work in public schools?

Aug 16, 2021

Opinion: Real-world situations show why a long-term-care mandate and tax should be repealed
Opinion

Opinion: Real-world situations show why a long-term-care mandate and tax should be repealed

Elizabeth Hovde of the Washington Policy Center points out why citizens are demanding — and some lawmakers are talking about — repeal of this poorly designed program.

Aug 11, 2021

Opinion: Don’t forget tax relief while providing government employee pay raises
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Opinion: Don’t forget tax relief while providing government employee pay raises

Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center reacts to Gov. Jay Inslee’s decision to re-open negotiations for state employees’ pay raises.

Aug 10, 2021

Opinion: ‘We should not face the possibility of losing our jobs over a personal health care decision’
Opinion

Opinion: ‘We should not face the possibility of losing our jobs over a personal health care decision’

Clark County Today Editor Ken Vance shares his views of Gov. Jay Inslee’s a new vaccine mandate for most state employees, private health care and long-term care workers

Aug 10, 2021

Should an employer have the right to terminate an employee who elects not to get a COVID-19 vaccine?
Opinion

Should an employer have the right to terminate an employee who elects not to get a COVID-19 vaccine?

Should an employer have the right to terminate an employee who elects not to get a COVID-19 vaccine?

Aug 9, 2021

Opinion: Protecting taxpayers with income tax ban isn’t a ‘red herring’
Opinion

Opinion: Protecting taxpayers with income tax ban isn’t a ‘red herring’

Jason Mercier of the Washington Policy Center explains why claims that no one in Washington is talking about an income tax is not accurate.

Aug 6, 2021