Author: Stephanie Rice

We are pleased to announce that, for the second year in a row, our little blog has been named one of the best in the country by Editor & Publisher. Finalists […]

Here is Jack: Here is Jack's house: From the Clark County Assessor's Office, taken in 2007 Since the Vancouver City Council voted Monday to increase the property tax levy by 1 percent, let's […]

Since there's no Vancouver City Council meeting tonight in observance of Veterans Day, it's a good time to revisit a topic councilors discussed last week. City Attorney Ted Gathe gave councilors […]

Reporter Eric Florip has been contributing to All Politics is Local, but we’ve officially made him the fifth maven. We recently introduced the newest contributors to All Politics is Local, Erik […]

Does this look like fun? Clark County hired more than 200 election workers this year, said Auditor Greg Kimsey. In the era of polling places, the county had to hire 600 […]

Budget season is here, and local elected officials are deciding how tax revenues are spent. To answer the questions, "Where do my property taxes go?" and "What do I get […]

David Madore and Tom Mielke are looking like they will be the majority on the Board of Clark County Commissioners. Both decry regulations and have promised to do whatever it […]

A co-worker brought in a mailer produced by the Washington Realtors. Since we've established that I'm so tired of reading mailers I'm only looking at the photos, I looked at […]

There are two problems with listing everyone who has "liked" your Facebook page as a supporter, as Clark County commissioner candidate David Madore did on a recent ad. First, as […]

Concerned about whether your ballot made it to the Clark County Auditor's Office? Don't bother calling Auditor Greg Kimsey or Elections Supervisor Tim Likness. They've got enough going on. Simply […]