Author: Lauren Dake
Herrera Beutler, Moeller will only debate once
Not long after the primary, Jim Moeller, the Democratic candidate in the 3rd Congressional District, challenged U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler to debate him in every county throughout the district. Moeller’s […]
Gubernatorial candidates take on latest McCleary ruling
The Washington state Supreme court decided earlier this week to keep the $100,000-a-day Washington Legislature contempt sanctions intact, but didn’t dock the Legislature further for failing to fund state’s public school system. Instead, […]
Facebook uses its power to increase the number of young voters
The social-media powerhouse Facebook tapped into its market over the millenials last week and urged them to register to vote. And it worked. Last Friday, the state saw a record one-day voter […]
JHB changes her tone on Trump
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz -- who once called Donald Trump “a narcissist at a level I don’t think this country has ever seen” and a “pathological liar” -- said he would […]
RT’s don’t equal endorsements
A Vancouver woman emailed The Columbian on Friday to ask why the media wasn’t covering Secretary of State Kim Wyman’s use of state resources to endorse Bill Bryant. “Yesterday Secretary of […]
Homeless with 8-month-old baby girl
On August 17, at 4:02 p.m. Megan emailed Vancouver City Councilor Alishia Topper for help. It was a short email, barely a paragraph. I’m leaving out Megan’s last name because she didn’t […]
Endorsement wars
The Clark County Republican party has been waging an internal battle against itself for several years now. Recently, officials within the party created new battle wounds by refusing to endorse the […]
Dump Trump/Herrera Rally
Taking a page from Democrats’ playbook, congressional candidate and state Rep. Jim Moeller, of Vancouver, is pressing U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Camas, to either disavow or endorse Donald Trump. Moeller […]
Wilson wins primary by 50 votes
A few days after the primary, Rep. Lynda Wilson, R-Vancouver, took the lead over Democratic challenger Tim Probst and kept it. This week’s certified votes showed Wilson won by 50 votes. So, […]
Thomas Hackett’s thinking cap
On Wednesday night, former Vancouver Mayor Royce Pollard told a member of the salary review commission he was “ashamed” of him. And it wasn’t because Commissioner Thomas Hackett approved doubling the […]