Politics
Lesbian couple takes advocacy project to La Grande
Vancouver's Sam MacKenzie and Kelly Keigwin are taking their "Love is a Radical Act" art project on the road to honor Jadin Bell, a gay high school student who recently […]
Lawmakers mull different ways to protect schools
From the desk of Columbian intern Lucas Wiseman: OLYMPIA -- A bill by Rep. Liz Pike, R-Camas, that could lead to armed teachers at school isn't the only school safety […]
Pike discusses bill allowing teachers to carry guns
State Rep. Liz Pike, R-Camas, summed up her guns-in-schools proposal this way: House Bill "1788 is all about providing more options for local school boards to improve the safety of […]
CRC odds and ends
Following the Columbia River Crossing is, as the saying goes, like drinking from a fire hose. Here are a few developments from the past week that you may have missed... ...The Oregon […]
Senate committee approves minimum wage reduction license
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 […]
Rumor about Clark County legislator fueled by mistaken photo
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 […]
More voices in the discussion on guns
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 […]
Bill would address problems with recent light rail petition
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 […]
Rep. Herrera Beutler reintroduces pay cuts for Congress bill
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 […]
Sen. Murray collecting public comment on the federal budget
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 […]