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Opinion: Back-to-school season comes with a side of strike

Posted by ClarkCountyToday.com
|Date: Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Opinion: Back-to-school season comes with a side of strike

Elizabeth New (Hovde) argues Evergreen school strikes hurt families, noting public strikes are illegal an ...

Elizabeth New (Hovde) argues Evergreen school strikes hurt families, noting public strikes are illegal and calling demands that extend closures unacceptable. ...

Wednesday, September 3, 2025
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Opinion: GOP lawmaker who admits ODOT lies and he ‘doesn’t trust them’ votes the agency more money anyway

Posted by ClarkCountyToday.com
|Date: Wednesday, September 3, 2025

Opinion: GOP lawmaker who admits ODOT lies and he ‘doesn’t trust them’ votes the agency more money anyway

Lars Larson criticizes Rep. Cyrus Javadi for voting to give ODOT more money despite admitting distrust of ...

Lars Larson criticizes Rep. Cyrus Javadi for voting to give ODOT more money despite admitting distrust of the agency and testimony from thousands against the tax hike. ...

Wednesday, September 3, 2025
| by ClarkCountyToday.com

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Opinion: The answer to the funding crisis for public schools isn’t higher salaries

Posted by Ken Vance, Editor
|Date: Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Opinion: The answer to the funding crisis for public schools isn’t higher salaries

Clark County Today Editor Ken Vance argues Washington’s public school funding crisis stems from dispropor ...

Clark County Today Editor Ken Vance argues Washington’s public school funding crisis stems from disproportionate salary growth and flawed budgeting, not a lack of taxpayer support. ...

Tuesday, September 2, 2025
| by Ken Vance, Editor

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Opinion: Death before detransition

Posted by ClarkCountyToday.com
|Date: Tuesday, September 2, 2025

Opinion: Death before detransition

Nancy Churchill argues the cultural slogan “death before detransition” silences regret, fuels despair, an ...

Nancy Churchill argues the cultural slogan “death before detransition” silences regret, fuels despair, and creates conditions for tragedy while calling for compassionate alternatives. ...

Tuesday, September 2, 2025
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Opinion: Homeless response is ‘buying failure with an expensive price tag’

Posted by Ken Vance, Editor
|Date: Friday, August 29, 2025

Opinion: Homeless response is ‘buying failure with an expensive price tag’

Leslie Lewallen argues regional partners are failing on homelessness, calling ECHO “buying failure,” as C ...

Leslie Lewallen argues regional partners are failing on homelessness, calling ECHO “buying failure,” as Camas adopts a camping ban and amends its code to address public encampments. ...

Friday, August 29, 2025
| by Ken Vance, Editor

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Opinion: WAGOP Chairman Jim Walsh – ‘Sanctuary’ policies put state at risk

Posted by ClarkCountyToday.com
|Date: Friday, August 29, 2025

Opinion: WAGOP Chairman Jim Walsh – ‘Sanctuary’ policies put state at risk

WAGOP Chairman Jim Walsh argues “sanctuary” policies in Washington undermine federal immigration law, ris ...

WAGOP Chairman Jim Walsh argues “sanctuary” policies in Washington undermine federal immigration law, risk public safety, and enable trafficking, citing a recent letter he says challenges those polici ...

Friday, August 29, 2025
| by ClarkCountyToday.com

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Opinion: TriMet & C-TRAN – Who pays versus who gets service

Posted by ClarkCountyToday.com
|Date: Friday, August 29, 2025

Opinion: TriMet & C-TRAN – Who pays versus who gets service

Rep. John Ley argues TriMet’s financial mismanagement and C-TRAN’s funding model unfairly burden Clark Co ...

Rep. John Ley argues TriMet’s financial mismanagement and C-TRAN’s funding model unfairly burden Clark County taxpayers, especially small cities and rural residents, while Vancouver receives most of t ...

Friday, August 29, 2025
| by ClarkCountyToday.com

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Opinion: ‘Society should have offered this killer psychological help’

Posted by ClarkCountyToday.com
|Date: Thursday, August 28, 2025

Opinion: ‘Society should have offered this killer psychological help’

Lars Larson argues society endorsed delusion instead of offering psychological help to Minneapolis church ...

Lars Larson argues society endorsed delusion instead of offering psychological help to Minneapolis church killer Robin Westman, leaving children dead and families devastated. ...

Thursday, August 28, 2025
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Opinion: Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issues ruling in WA state redistricting case

Posted by ClarkCountyToday.com
|Date: Thursday, August 28, 2025

Opinion: Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issues ruling in WA state redistricting case

Bill Bruch critiques the Ninth Circuit’s decision affirming Judge Lasnik’s ruling that Washington’s redis ...

Bill Bruch critiques the Ninth Circuit’s decision affirming Judge Lasnik’s ruling that Washington’s redistricting map violated the Voting Rights Act, impacting Sen. Nikki Torres and other GOP lawmaker ...

Thursday, August 28, 2025
| by ClarkCountyToday.com

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Opinion: End public camping in Vancouver

Posted by ClarkCountyToday.com
|Date: Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Opinion: End public camping in Vancouver

Amy Harris argues Vancouver must end public camping, pointing to Portland’s failures and San Francisco’s ...

Amy Harris argues Vancouver must end public camping, pointing to Portland’s failures and San Francisco’s new enforcement approach as lessons to protect quality of life. ...

Wednesday, August 27, 2025
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