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Opinion: Hard work is being done to try to trade one bad health care system for another

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|Date: Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Opinion: Hard work is being done to try to trade one bad health care system for another

Elizabeth New (Hovde) cautions that efforts to create a universal, taxpayer-financed health care system i ...

Elizabeth New (Hovde) cautions that efforts to create a universal, taxpayer-financed health care system in Washington risk replacing existing problems with new challenges tied to cost, access, and cen ...

Wednesday, December 24, 2025
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Opinion: The progressive attack on Washington’s sheriffs

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|Date: Wednesday, December 24, 2025

Opinion: The progressive attack on Washington’s sheriffs

Nancy Churchill argues that proposed legislation would shift power over county sheriffs away from voters ...

Nancy Churchill argues that proposed legislation would shift power over county sheriffs away from voters and concentrate control within state government. ...

Wednesday, December 24, 2025
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VIDEO: WA GOP budget lead blasts Ferguson’s fiscal plan as ‘a complete joke’

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|Date: Wednesday, December 24, 2025

VIDEO: WA GOP budget lead blasts Ferguson’s fiscal plan as ‘a complete joke’

Republican lawmakers sharply criticized Gov. Bob Ferguson’s proposed 2026 supplemental budget, arguing it ...

Republican lawmakers sharply criticized Gov. Bob Ferguson’s proposed 2026 supplemental budget, arguing it fails to meet Washington’s four-year balanced budget requirement and masks deeper fiscal probl ...

Wednesday, December 24, 2025
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18th District lawmakers introduce bill to protect kids in youth sports from predators

Posted by ClarkCountyToday.com
|Date: Wednesday, December 24, 2025

18th District lawmakers introduce bill to protect kids in youth sports from predators

Lawmakers from the 18th Legislative District have introduced House Bill 2180 to require background checks ...

Lawmakers from the 18th Legislative District have introduced House Bill 2180 to require background checks and mandatory abuse-reporting training for youth sports coaches and supervisors. ...

Wednesday, December 24, 2025
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Opinion: Why I won’t mourn the end of enhanced ACA subsidies

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|Date: Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Opinion: Why I won’t mourn the end of enhanced ACA subsidies

Elizabeth New (Hovde) argues that allowing enhanced ACA subsidies to expire forces a necessary conversati ...

Elizabeth New (Hovde) argues that allowing enhanced ACA subsidies to expire forces a necessary conversation about rising health care costs rather than continued cost shifting to taxpayers. ...

Tuesday, December 23, 2025
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Columbia River salmon and steelhead endorsement goes into effect Jan. 1

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|Date: Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Columbia River salmon and steelhead endorsement goes into effect Jan. 1

Beginning Jan. 1, anglers 15 and older must purchase a Columbia River salmon and steelhead endorsement to ...

Beginning Jan. 1, anglers 15 and older must purchase a Columbia River salmon and steelhead endorsement to fish for those species in the Columbia River and many Washington tributaries. ...

Tuesday, December 23, 2025
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WATCH – Detransitioner to providers: ‘Please just stop’ gender surgeries on minors

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|Date: Sunday, December 21, 2025

WATCH – Detransitioner to providers: ‘Please just stop’ gender surgeries on minors

Detransitioner Soren Aldaco shared her experience and urged providers to stop encouraging gender surgerie ...

Detransitioner Soren Aldaco shared her experience and urged providers to stop encouraging gender surgeries on minors as HHS moves to restrict federal funding for such procedures. ...

Sunday, December 21, 2025
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Opinion: Solving Washington’s deficit without tax increases

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|Date: Sunday, December 21, 2025

Opinion: Solving Washington’s deficit without tax increases

Ryan Frost argues Washington’s budget shortfall is driven by rapid spending growth rather than insufficie ...

Ryan Frost argues Washington’s budget shortfall is driven by rapid spending growth rather than insufficient tax revenue, calling for slower spending and program reductions instead of new taxes. ...

Sunday, December 21, 2025
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Washington State Patrol loses 34th trooper in the line of duty

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|Date: Sunday, December 21, 2025

Washington State Patrol loses 34th trooper in the line of duty

Washington State Patrol Trooper Tara-Marysa Guting was killed while investigating a crash on State Route ...

Washington State Patrol Trooper Tara-Marysa Guting was killed while investigating a crash on State Route 509 in Tacoma, marking the 34th line-of-duty death in the agency’s history. ...

Sunday, December 21, 2025
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Opinion: Bikes in crosswalks

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|Date: Sunday, December 21, 2025

Opinion: Bikes in crosswalks

Doug Dahl explains how Washington law treats bicycles as both vehicles and pedestrians, depending on wher ...

Doug Dahl explains how Washington law treats bicycles as both vehicles and pedestrians, depending on where and how they are being ridden. ...

Sunday, December 21, 2025
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