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December 17, 2025

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Opinion: A warning to Washington – The ‘Minnesota Model’ of fraud has arrived

Posted by ClarkCountyToday.com
|Date: Thursday, December 11, 2025

Opinion: A warning to Washington – The ‘Minnesota Model’ of fraud has arrived

Yacolt resident Mark Rose warns that Washington’s grant pass-through system mirrors the failures behind M ...

Yacolt resident Mark Rose warns that Washington’s grant pass-through system mirrors the failures behind Minnesota’s Feeding Our Future fraud scandal and urges stronger oversight before taxpayers face ...

Thursday, December 11, 2025
| by ClarkCountyToday.com

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Opinion: Tax hikes won’t fix a spending problem

Posted by ClarkCountyToday.com
|Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2025

Opinion: Tax hikes won’t fix a spending problem

Todd Myers of the Washington Policy Center argues that Washington’s budget crisis is self-inflicted, driv ...

Todd Myers of the Washington Policy Center argues that Washington’s budget crisis is self-inflicted, driven by overspending and misplaced priorities rather than lack of revenue. ...

Tuesday, October 28, 2025
| by ClarkCountyToday.com

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Supreme Court refuses to hear challenge to WA’s landmark Climate Commitment Act

Posted by ClarkCountyToday.com
|Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2025

Supreme Court refuses to hear challenge to WA’s landmark Climate Commitment Act

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to Washington’s Climate Commitment Act, leaving the s ...

The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to Washington’s Climate Commitment Act, leaving the state’s cap-and-trade law in place amid ongoing debate over spending and effectiveness. ...

Tuesday, October 7, 2025
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Opinion: What is liberty worth?

Posted by ClarkCountyToday.com
|Date: Tuesday, May 20, 2025

Opinion: What is liberty worth?

Nancy Churchill explores how the lure of federal funding erodes local control, using real examples from W ...

Nancy Churchill explores how the lure of federal funding erodes local control, using real examples from Washington and rural America. ...

Tuesday, May 20, 2025
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Rep. David Stuebe introduces a bill to assist local governments in their efforts to address homelessness

Posted by ClarkCountyToday.com
|Date: Thursday, January 30, 2025

Rep. David Stuebe introduces a bill to assist local governments in their efforts to address homelessness

Rep. David Stuebe introduces HB 1708, a bill to help local governments track and address homelessness thr ...

Rep. David Stuebe introduces HB 1708, a bill to help local governments track and address homelessness through a state-funded dashboard system. ...

Thursday, January 30, 2025
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Opinion: Washington agency says decarbonization isn’t a priority of ‘Community decarbonization’ funded by CO2 tax

Posted by ClarkCountyToday.com
|Date: Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Opinion: Washington agency says decarbonization isn’t a priority of ‘Community decarbonization’ funded by CO2 tax

Todd Myers writes that simply taxing and spending don’t help the environment. Yet that is the philosophy ...

Todd Myers writes that simply taxing and spending don’t help the environment. Yet that is the philosophy used here and why Washington has repeatedly failed to meet its environmental goals despite spen ...

Wednesday, June 12, 2024
| by ClarkCountyToday.com

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City of Vancouver to host community forum on the future of housing

Posted by ClarkCountyToday.com
|Date: Wednesday, November 29, 2023

City of Vancouver to host community forum on the future of housing

The city of Vancouver invites community members to join City and State Department of Commerce staff to le ...

The city of Vancouver invites community members to join City and State Department of Commerce staff to learn more about and discuss the future of housing in Vancouver. ...

Wednesday, November 29, 2023
| by ClarkCountyToday.com

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Transportation Commission to hear about bridges, help for homeless on right of ways, on-demand transit

Posted by ClarkCountyToday.com
|Date: Thursday, March 9, 2023

Transportation Commission to hear about bridges, help for homeless on right of ways, on-demand transit

The March 14 and 15 meeting of the Washington State Transportation Commission will include discussions on ...

The March 14 and 15 meeting of the Washington State Transportation Commission will include discussions on the Right of Way Safety Initiative for those living homeless on state highway right of ways, o ...

Thursday, March 9, 2023
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Opinion: Government agency creates program to fight costly small business regulations created by government agency programs

Posted by ClarkCountyToday.com
|Date: Friday, December 2, 2022

Opinion: Government agency creates program to fight costly small business regulations created by government agency programs

Mark Harmsworth of the Washington Policy Center wants Commerce to refocus the $3.1 million it is spending ...

Mark Harmsworth of the Washington Policy Center wants Commerce to refocus the $3.1 million it is spending to reduce the barriers the state created into simplifying the rules that are causing the probl ...

Friday, December 2, 2022
| by ClarkCountyToday.com

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POLL: Do you agree that enforcing U.S. immigration laws is not an act of racism?*

🟢 Yes — it’s about law enforcement
🚫 No — it unfairly targets certain groups
⚖️ Sometimes — depends how it’s enforced
🤔 Not sure

1283 votes

* Also read: Opinion: ‘I don’t understand how it is an act of racism to enforce our immigration laws’

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