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With the stroke of a pen, the future of the Snake River dams in southeastern Washington state is looking better. President Donald Trump issued an Executive Order on June 12 repealing a secretly …
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By Jason Mercier / Mountain States Policy Center
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6/21/25
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Leaders of our state’s Democratic and Republican legislative caucuses responded to the June 14 shootings of two Minnesota state lawmakers with a joint statement condemning what had happened.
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Commentary by Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia
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6/20/25
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Although President Donald Trump and Harvard's recent spats make headlines, key issues in question affect all higher education.
Harvard, our nation's first college (1636), is a center of current …
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By Don Brunell
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6/18/25
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I saw that a whole bunch of people, with their own T-shirts, blitzed the Clark County Council to argue in favor of fireworks.
Classic "squeaky wheel" politics.
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6/16/25
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This is a message to those engaging in violent activities in Los Angeles, Portland, Seattle and beyond.
Instead of resorting to chaos, destruction and aimless rebellion, consider stepping back …
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6/16/25
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I just read Rick Hauser’s critique of Clark County Council’s latest decision on fireworks.
I have lived in Battle Ground for 10 years, and the last eight years we left …
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6/16/25
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Each year, Father’s Day gives us a moment to celebrate the men who raise, support and guide us. But beyond the cards, ties and cookouts, this day should be a call to action — because when …
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Rep. Peter Abbarno
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6/16/25
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I’ll say this for our Democratic colleagues in the state Legislature: They certainly are creative when it comes to promoting offender-friendly policies.
This year the majority used the …
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Commentary by Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia
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6/13/25
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I saw that a whole bunch of people, with their own T-shirts, blitzed the Clark County Council to argue in favor of fireworks.
Classic "squeaky wheel" politics.
They …
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6/9/25
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On board Amtrak recently between Vancouver and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, I reflected on the state of our deeply divided nation.
Our fellow travelers included quite a few fresh-faced …
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6/9/25
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Donald Trump’s first significant action after assuming the presidency in 2016 was to push through a tax cut for the top 1%, our billionaires and wealthy corporations.
This tax cut …
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6/9/25
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Newly elected Gov. Bob Ferguson signed into law Senate Bill 5167, and other separate bills that increase the state’s tax burden onto its citizens by $4.3 billion over the next two years. As a …
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6/9/25
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Two summers ago, starting in the community of Stevenson along the Columbia River, I joined employers in a series of town hall meetings around Washington asking people to share their vision for our …
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Kris Johnson
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6/9/25
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Republican and Democrat legislators both use the word “crisis” to describe the state’s affordable-housing situation. A look at the housing-related bills passed during this …
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Commentary by Sen. John Braun / For The Chronicle
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6/6/25
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Two summers ago, starting in the community of Stevenson along the Columbia River, I joined employers in a series of town hall meetings around Washington asking people to share their vision for our …
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By Kris Johnson / Association of Washington Business
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6/6/25
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Children are not creatures of the state.
That's the unanimous conclusion reached by the U.S. Supreme Court a century ago this June in its precedent-setting case Pierce v. Society of Sisters.
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By Vicki Murray
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6/4/25
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The use of “kill” for efforts to stop legislation goes back to at least 1910. That’s when future President Calvin Coolidge, then a Republican state representative in Massachusetts, …
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Commentary by Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia
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5/30/25
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As summer nears and schools wind down for break, families across Washington state are preparing for what has traditionally been the most affordable kind of vacation: time spent in the great outdoors.
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Commentary by state Rep. Peter Abbarno, R-Centralia
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5/26/25
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It is almost a spiritual experience
Trust, like faith, is a wonderful thing. Those who have had religious or spiritual experiences know this all too well.
That “knowing” …
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5/26/25
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There is a lot of misinformation and outrage regarding the construction of the new Battle Ground Public Schools District facility by the high school, so some things need to be cleared up.
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5/26/25
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