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Opinion: ‘Why is safety taking a back seat at Ridgefield School District’
Ridgefield resident Heidi Pozzo shares her thoughts on funding for needed band room acoustic upgrades at Ridgefield High School.
POLL: Were lawmakers wrong to not consider broad-based tax relief during the 2024 legislative session?
Were lawmakers wrong to not consider broad-based tax relief during the 2024 legislative session?
Opinion: ‘Ever-increasing teacher salaries are breaking the budgets of area school districts’
Clark County Today Editor Ken Vance shares his thoughts on public school funding and rising teacher salaries over the past decade.
Letter: ‘I feel for our principals, teachers and support staff in Ridgefield schools’
Ridgefield resident Jodi Fontyn offers her support for the Ridgefield School District bond proposal in the April 23 special election.
Opinion: 2024 legislative session included more spending, some advances in health care, a labor dodge, initiatives
Elizabeth New (Hovde) of the Washington Policy Center offers her summation of the 2024 legislative session.
Opinion: Report: WEA union leaders lied about keeping public schools closed during COVID, after federal health officials knew it was safe to re-open
In Washington, nearly one million school children were harmed when their schools stayed closed the fall of 2020 and for the rest of that school year.
Opinion: Literate litigators?
The state of Washington will no longer require the passing of the bar exam to practice law in Washington state.
Opinion: Upper Columbia River: Governments supporting a superfund
Nancy Churchill continues her series on the proposed EPA Superfund on the upper Columbia River.
How $20 million becomes $90 million in 14 years at Ridgefield School District
The Ridgefield School District budgeted a roughly $3 million loss for 2023-2024 and is projecting a roughly $1.3 million loss now. Ridgefield resident Heidi Pozzo doesn’t believe it is due to a lac…
Opinion: HB 1589’s ban on natural gas adds ‘more resources’ to solve problems created by the CO2 tax
When the state’s new CO2 tax, known as the Climate Commitment Act, was adopted in 2021, large sections of the law were dedicated to helping utilities transition their customers off natural gas. Tho…
Opinion: ‘Bipartisan’ is in the eye of the beholder
Elizabeth New (Hovde) of the Washington Policy Center doesn’t agree that Instead of elected representatives considering half of the six initiatives, voters will.
Ridgefield School District should not be footing the bill for civic life
Ridgefield resident Heidi Pozzo discusses the agreements between the city of Ridgefield and the Ridgefield School District to support civic life for area citizens.
POLL: Should teacher unions have pushed for large salary increases last fall knowing significant budget cuts were looming this spring?
Should teacher unions have pushed for large salary increases last fall knowing significant budget cuts were looming this spring?
Opinion: State is gathering stories about long-term care
Elizabeth New (Hovde) of the Washington Policy Center believes lawmakers should focus on strengthening the Medicaid safety net by passing reforms that end abuse of a program meant for the vulnerable.
Letter: Strong public schools build strong communities!
Ridgefield resident Michele Wollert offers her support for the Ridgefield School District bond proposals in the April 23 special election.
Opinion: There are plenty of ways to reduce the cost of the I-5 Bridge replacement project
Clark County Today Editor Ken Vance shares ways the proposed I-5 Bridge replacement project price tag can be trimmed.
Opinion: Ridgefield School District decisions impact capacity and overcrowding
Ridgefield School District has partially created its own capacity and overcrowding issues, according to Ridgefield resident Heidi Pozzo in the latest of her assessments of the district’s school bon…
Opinion: Upper Columbia River – The Human Health Assessment
Nancy Churchill offers the fourth of a series of articles about the proposed EPA Superfund site on the upper Columbia River.