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		<title>Opinion: Democrats’ broken promises</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 19:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="300" height="169" src="https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Large_Clark-County-Today-16362-nancy-churchill-climate-commitment-act-energy-costs-washington-de-300x169.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Washington&#039;s CCA has added 47 cents per gallon to gas prices, far beyond the &quot;pennies&quot; promised in 2021." decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Large_Clark-County-Today-16362-nancy-churchill-climate-commitment-act-energy-costs-washington-de-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Large_Clark-County-Today-16362-nancy-churchill-climate-commitment-act-energy-costs-washington-de-711x400.jpg 711w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Large_Clark-County-Today-16362-nancy-churchill-climate-commitment-act-energy-costs-washington-de-150x84.jpg 150w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Large_Clark-County-Today-16362-nancy-churchill-climate-commitment-act-energy-costs-washington-de-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Large_Clark-County-Today-16362-nancy-churchill-climate-commitment-act-energy-costs-washington-de.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p>Washington's CCA has added 47 cents per gallon to gas prices, far beyond the "pennies" promised in 2021.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Opinion: Income Tax Battle Round Two – Signatures needed</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 19:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="300" height="169" src="https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Large_Clark-County-Today-16265-nancy-churchill-lets-go-washington-income-tax-repeal-initiative-i-1-300x169.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Let&#039;s Go Washington needs 300,000+ signatures in under two months to put IP26-645 on the fall ballot." decoding="async" srcset="https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Large_Clark-County-Today-16265-nancy-churchill-lets-go-washington-income-tax-repeal-initiative-i-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Large_Clark-County-Today-16265-nancy-churchill-lets-go-washington-income-tax-repeal-initiative-i-1-711x400.jpg 711w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Large_Clark-County-Today-16265-nancy-churchill-lets-go-washington-income-tax-repeal-initiative-i-1-150x84.jpg 150w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Large_Clark-County-Today-16265-nancy-churchill-lets-go-washington-income-tax-repeal-initiative-i-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Large_Clark-County-Today-16265-nancy-churchill-lets-go-washington-income-tax-repeal-initiative-i-1.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p>Let's Go Washington needs 300,000+ signatures in under two months to put IP26-645 on the fall ballot.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Opinion: A tax scam based on a climate lie</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 18:24:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="300" height="169" src="https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Large_Clark-County-Today-16231-nancy-churchill-climate-commitment-act-repeal-washington-carbon-tax-opinion-300x169.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Nancy Churchill argues the CCA costs families 52+ cents per gallon while missing every emissions target." decoding="async" srcset="https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Large_Clark-County-Today-16231-nancy-churchill-climate-commitment-act-repeal-washington-carbon-tax-opinion-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Large_Clark-County-Today-16231-nancy-churchill-climate-commitment-act-repeal-washington-carbon-tax-opinion-711x400.jpg 711w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Large_Clark-County-Today-16231-nancy-churchill-climate-commitment-act-repeal-washington-carbon-tax-opinion-150x84.jpg 150w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Large_Clark-County-Today-16231-nancy-churchill-climate-commitment-act-repeal-washington-carbon-tax-opinion-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Large_Clark-County-Today-16231-nancy-churchill-climate-commitment-act-repeal-washington-carbon-tax-opinion.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p>Nancy Churchill argues the CCA costs families 52+ cents per gallon while missing every emissions target.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Opinion: When your party no longer feels like home</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2026 21:03:54 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="300" height="169" src="https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Large_Clark-County-Today-16186-nancy-churchill-dangerous-rhetoric-democrat-party-fifth-column-opinion-300x169.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Nancy Churchill argues the Democrat Party has been hijacked from within by ideological subversives, leaving lifelong liberals without a political home." decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Large_Clark-County-Today-16186-nancy-churchill-dangerous-rhetoric-democrat-party-fifth-column-opinion-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Large_Clark-County-Today-16186-nancy-churchill-dangerous-rhetoric-democrat-party-fifth-column-opinion-711x400.jpg 711w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Large_Clark-County-Today-16186-nancy-churchill-dangerous-rhetoric-democrat-party-fifth-column-opinion-150x84.jpg 150w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Large_Clark-County-Today-16186-nancy-churchill-dangerous-rhetoric-democrat-party-fifth-column-opinion-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Large_Clark-County-Today-16186-nancy-churchill-dangerous-rhetoric-democrat-party-fifth-column-opinion.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p>Nancy Churchill argues the Democrat Party has been hijacked from within by ideological subversives, leaving lifelong liberals without a political home.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Opinion: Wolves thriving, cattle producers failing</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="300" height="169" src="https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Large_Clark-County-Today-16134-washington-gray-wolf-population-livestock-agriculture-crisis-300x169.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="WDFW celebrates 270 wolves in 49 packs while Washington agriculture posts negative $396 million farm income." decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Large_Clark-County-Today-16134-washington-gray-wolf-population-livestock-agriculture-crisis-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Large_Clark-County-Today-16134-washington-gray-wolf-population-livestock-agriculture-crisis-711x400.jpg 711w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Large_Clark-County-Today-16134-washington-gray-wolf-population-livestock-agriculture-crisis-150x84.jpg 150w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Large_Clark-County-Today-16134-washington-gray-wolf-population-livestock-agriculture-crisis-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Large_Clark-County-Today-16134-washington-gray-wolf-population-livestock-agriculture-crisis.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p>WDFW celebrates 270 wolves in 49 packs while Washington agriculture posts negative $396 million farm income.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Opinion: Cowards in black robes</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:56:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="300" height="169" src="https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Large_Clark-County-Today-16082-eastern-washington-sheriffs-constitutional-lawsuit-emergency-injunction-300x169.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Judge refuses emergency protection for constitutional sheriffs facing removal by unelected board." decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Large_Clark-County-Today-16082-eastern-washington-sheriffs-constitutional-lawsuit-emergency-injunction-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Large_Clark-County-Today-16082-eastern-washington-sheriffs-constitutional-lawsuit-emergency-injunction-711x400.jpg 711w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Large_Clark-County-Today-16082-eastern-washington-sheriffs-constitutional-lawsuit-emergency-injunction-150x84.jpg 150w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Large_Clark-County-Today-16082-eastern-washington-sheriffs-constitutional-lawsuit-emergency-injunction-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Large_Clark-County-Today-16082-eastern-washington-sheriffs-constitutional-lawsuit-emergency-injunction.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p>Judge refuses emergency protection for constitutional sheriffs facing removal by unelected board.]]></description>
		
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		<title>Opinion: Sheriffs fight back</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 22:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="300" height="169" src="https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Large_Clark-County-Today-15887-washington-sheriffs-sb5974-lawsuit-voter-rights-olympia-power-300x169.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Four county sheriffs are suing to block a new law giving a governor-appointed board power to decertify and remove sheriffs, bypassing voter oversight in Washington." decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Large_Clark-County-Today-15887-washington-sheriffs-sb5974-lawsuit-voter-rights-olympia-power-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Large_Clark-County-Today-15887-washington-sheriffs-sb5974-lawsuit-voter-rights-olympia-power-711x400.jpg 711w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Large_Clark-County-Today-15887-washington-sheriffs-sb5974-lawsuit-voter-rights-olympia-power-150x84.jpg 150w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Large_Clark-County-Today-15887-washington-sheriffs-sb5974-lawsuit-voter-rights-olympia-power-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/Large_Clark-County-Today-15887-washington-sheriffs-sb5974-lawsuit-voter-rights-olympia-power.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p>Four county sheriffs are suing to block a new law giving a governor-appointed board power to decertify and remove sheriffs, bypassing voter oversight in Washington. ]]></description>
		
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		<title>Opinion: Defend bail now or face more chaos on our streets</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 23:05:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="300" height="169" src="https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Large_Clark-County-Today-15843-washington-bail-reform-public-safety-nancy-churchill-300x169.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="A proposed Washington court rule would cap bail for most misdemeanors and allow defendants to bypass bondsmen, raising concerns about accountability and public safety." decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Large_Clark-County-Today-15843-washington-bail-reform-public-safety-nancy-churchill-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Large_Clark-County-Today-15843-washington-bail-reform-public-safety-nancy-churchill-711x400.jpg 711w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Large_Clark-County-Today-15843-washington-bail-reform-public-safety-nancy-churchill-150x84.jpg 150w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Large_Clark-County-Today-15843-washington-bail-reform-public-safety-nancy-churchill-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Large_Clark-County-Today-15843-washington-bail-reform-public-safety-nancy-churchill.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p>A proposed Washington court rule would cap bail for most misdemeanors and allow defendants to bypass bondsmen, raising concerns about accountability and public safety. ]]></description>
		
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		<title>Opinion: Small things grow great by concord</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 22:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/?p=183320</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="300" height="160" src="https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Large_Clark-County-Today-15823-washington-state-initiative-process-parental-rights-citizenship-300x160.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Washington’s initiative process gives citizens direct power to challenge lawmakers. Failed restrictions and new measures on girls’ sports, parental rights, and citizenship prove the influence of grassroots action." decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Large_Clark-County-Today-15823-washington-state-initiative-process-parental-rights-citizenship-300x160.jpg 300w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Large_Clark-County-Today-15823-washington-state-initiative-process-parental-rights-citizenship-750x400.jpg 750w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Large_Clark-County-Today-15823-washington-state-initiative-process-parental-rights-citizenship-150x80.jpg 150w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Large_Clark-County-Today-15823-washington-state-initiative-process-parental-rights-citizenship-768x410.jpg 768w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Large_Clark-County-Today-15823-washington-state-initiative-process-parental-rights-citizenship.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p>Washington’s initiative process gives citizens direct power to challenge lawmakers. Failed restrictions and new measures on girls’ sports, parental rights, and citizenship prove the influence of grassroots action. ]]></description>
		
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 23:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="300" height="169" src="https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Large_Clark-County-Today-15782-washington-democrat-majority-extinction-burst-nancy-churchill-300x169.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Nancy Churchill argues that controversial state policies, including new taxes, law enforcement changes, and agency power grabs, are generating a wave of backlash in communities across Washington." decoding="async" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Large_Clark-County-Today-15782-washington-democrat-majority-extinction-burst-nancy-churchill-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Large_Clark-County-Today-15782-washington-democrat-majority-extinction-burst-nancy-churchill-711x400.jpg 711w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Large_Clark-County-Today-15782-washington-democrat-majority-extinction-burst-nancy-churchill-150x84.jpg 150w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Large_Clark-County-Today-15782-washington-democrat-majority-extinction-burst-nancy-churchill-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Large_Clark-County-Today-15782-washington-democrat-majority-extinction-burst-nancy-churchill.jpg 1200w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p>Nancy Churchill argues that controversial state policies, including new taxes, law enforcement changes, and agency power grabs, are generating a wave of backlash in communities across Washington. ]]></description>
		
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