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		<title>Opinion: Let’s make Washington state affordable for everyone</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 01:15:27 +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-15763-david-stuebe-washington-legislature-affordability-republican-300x169.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Rep. David Stuebe criticizes state lawmakers’ spending increases and calls for tax relief, budget reforms, and restored funding for essential services across Washington." decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Large_Clark-County-Today-15763-david-stuebe-washington-legislature-affordability-republican-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Large_Clark-County-Today-15763-david-stuebe-washington-legislature-affordability-republican-711x400.jpg 711w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Large_Clark-County-Today-15763-david-stuebe-washington-legislature-affordability-republican-150x84.jpg 150w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Large_Clark-County-Today-15763-david-stuebe-washington-legislature-affordability-republican-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Large_Clark-County-Today-15763-david-stuebe-washington-legislature-affordability-republican.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p>Rep. David Stuebe criticizes state lawmakers’ spending increases and calls for tax relief, budget reforms, and restored funding for essential services across Washington. ]]></description>
		
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		<title>Opinion: The panic is political</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2025 21:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="300" height="169" src="https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Large_Clark-County-Today-DR-08-25-Smokescreen-cover-300x169.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="Nancy Churchill argues Olympia manufactured a false Medicaid crisis, accusing Governor Bob Ferguson of cutting funding while blaming Congress to distract voters." decoding="async" srcset="https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Large_Clark-County-Today-DR-08-25-Smokescreen-cover-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Large_Clark-County-Today-DR-08-25-Smokescreen-cover-711x400.jpg 711w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Large_Clark-County-Today-DR-08-25-Smokescreen-cover-150x84.jpg 150w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Large_Clark-County-Today-DR-08-25-Smokescreen-cover-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Large_Clark-County-Today-DR-08-25-Smokescreen-cover.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p>Nancy Churchill argues Olympia manufactured a false Medicaid crisis, accusing Governor Bob Ferguson of cutting funding while blaming Congress to distract voters. ]]></description>
		
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		<title>Opinion: WAGOP chair sets the record straight on Dems’ ‘hyperbolic rhetoric’ on Medicaid Program</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 01:03:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[<p><img width="300" height="169" src="https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Large_Clark-County-Today-jim-walsh-medicaid-apple-health-wagop-300x169.jpg" class="attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image" alt="WAGOP Chair Jim Walsh says reforms in the federal Medicaid program are overdue and could improve care access in underserved areas, despite partisan misinformation." decoding="async" srcset="https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Large_Clark-County-Today-jim-walsh-medicaid-apple-health-wagop-300x169.jpg 300w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Large_Clark-County-Today-jim-walsh-medicaid-apple-health-wagop-711x400.jpg 711w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Large_Clark-County-Today-jim-walsh-medicaid-apple-health-wagop-150x84.jpg 150w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Large_Clark-County-Today-jim-walsh-medicaid-apple-health-wagop-768x432.jpg 768w, https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Large_Clark-County-Today-jim-walsh-medicaid-apple-health-wagop.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" /></p>WAGOP Chair Jim Walsh says reforms in the federal Medicaid program are overdue and could improve care access in underserved areas, despite partisan misinformation.]]></description>
		
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