Author: Lauren Dake
OR least corrupt, but WA not far behind
According to reporting from The Washington Post, the Evergreen state registered 1.62 corruption convictions per 100,000 public employees between 1976 and 2008. Surprisingly, not bad. And only our neighbor to the south, […]
Women’s right to vote
Only 28 percent of Clark County's registered voters showed up to vote this primary. Donna Quesnell would like to see that change. "When we think of the decades and the hardships our […]
Say it with me, “What gets cut?”
I’m pretty new to covering politics at The Columbian, but because I arrived as election season was heating up, I’ve had the opportunity to sit in on quite a few […]
Voter turnout lower than hoped
Clark County Elections Supervisor Cathie Garber was hoping at least 35 percent of the 251,835 registered voters in the county would return their ballots. On Friday, only about 28 percent of voters […]
Herrera Beutler gives up apt in D.C. and sleeps in office
U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler has taken to bunking at her office in D.C. Congress is currently on summer recess, so presumably the Republican lawmaker is enjoying the comforts of her […]
Abigail Rose turns 1
This month, Abigail Rose - the little girl who was born three months premature, weighing 2 pounds, 12 ounces and without kidneys - the daughter of Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, […]
NRA lobbyist wonders if Jewish people in favor of stricter gun control laws forgot the Holocaust
Voters won't be weighing in on the dueling gun measures - one expanding background checks, the other prohibiting more stringent controls - this Tuesday, but the fight over the two measures, […]
State Legislatures are getting more polarized and Olympia is at the front of the pack
While campaigning, legislative candidates like to point out that people are sick of the partisan gridlock that has paralyzed Congress. If elected, many of them say, they will work across the […]
“Nobody with experience with a firearm would shoot that poorly”
Some of the first shots have been fired in the battle over dueling gun initiatives slated for the November ballot. A used target, the type found at a shooting range, was […]
Herrera Beutler’s “miracle baby” inspires standing ovation on U.S. House floor
Abigail Rose, who recently celebrated her first birthday, is no stranger to inspiring political goodwill from both sides of the aisle. When she was born, the U.S. President sent her mother, […]