Author: Staff

A dispatch from The Columbian's Olympia intern, Lucas Wiseman: Two senators who represent parts of Clark County voted on Monday to approve a bill that could lead to a 25 […]

State Rep. Monica Stonier's absence from the capitol campus on Friday prompted her opponents to assume she had dodged a vote about whether tax increases should require approval from at […]

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, […]