Author: Lauren Dake
Offended
The Washington State Department of Corrections said it would no longer use the word “offender” and declared inmates should be called “individuals” or if they are in class “students," The […]
Benton and Roach
Can you picture the Washington state Senate without Republicans Sens. Don Benton and Pam Roach? When Benton, R-Vancouver, announced he was retiring this spring, Roach, R-Sumner, took the Senate floor and […]
Who votes in your area? Mailers upsetting residents
An Arlington, Va., nonprofit sent postcards to encourage Clark County residents to vote, but for some angry recipients it’s having the opposite effect. “These are just horrible, an invasion of privacy,” […]
Republicans renew call for resignation in battle over Probst ad
Senate Majority Leader Mark Schoesler and House Minority Leader Dan Kristiansen are renewing their calling for the head of the state's Public Disclosure Commission to resign. At the minimum, the Republicans […]
Cash reward for anyone with information about Trump signs
One more week and the 2016 election will be over. I suppose it would be unrealistic in this election cycle to expect we could ease into the final week. Instead, the FBI […]
Probst deserves an apology from Republicans, according to top Democrat
Senate Democratic Leader Sharon Nelson accused top Republicans of taking notes from Donald Trump by "campaigning on flat-out lies" and said Vancouver Democrat Tim Probst, voters and the director of the […]
Head of PDC asked to resign, complaint tied to Probst ad
The Washington State Republican Party Chairwoman Susan Hutchison and top elected Republicans are calling on the state’s director of the Public Disclosure Commission to resign, saying she engaged in “illegal […]
Rigged
Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey said Donald Trump’s claims the election is rigged undermines the confidence people have in election results. Or what some might call the cornerstone of democracy. “It may […]
Auditor candidates on Troy Kelley
The state auditor candidates visited with The Columbian’s editorial board this week. Of course they couldn’t leave the meeting without addressing the controversial current Auditor Troy Kelley. Kelley, a Democrat from Tacoma, […]
President, not a Pope
As the fallout from the Trump tapes continued this week, at least one local GOP lawmaker made it clear the country should know the country is electing a “President, not […]