Month: January 2013

Since the recent shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, and at the Clackamas Town Center in Portland, much has been said about gun control and gun rights. Here's […]

Legislators introduced a bill today that would settle the argument about whether duplicate signatures on a Vancouver light rail petition should be invalidated along with their original signatures. Earlier this […]

The proposal didn't get anywhere during her first term, but U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Camas, has reintroduced a bill that would cut the salaries of Congress members, the president […]

Do you have a gripe about federal spending? Or maybe a suggestion? Democratic U.S. Sen. Patty Murray wants to know. Earlier this week she launched a web page that allows […]

It was huge news when it broke earlier this week: the Pentagon is ending its policy that excludes women from the front lines of combat. When reached for comment about […]

A bill that would require physicians to notify parents when a daughter, 17 or younger, is going to get an abortion has strong support from conservatives in the Senate. Opponents […]

If Democrats want to win future elections in Clark County, they need to focus on registering more people to vote in the Democratic-leaning 49th Legislative District, and increase voter turnout, […]

Ridgefield Republican Joe Zarelli might have resigned from the state Senate in May, but one of his policy ideas was a topic of talk at last week’s press briefing on […]