Politics

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 […]

And now, a dispatch from Lucas Wiseman, The Columbian's new intern covering the 2013 Washington Legislature: OLYMPIA -- Six Clark County residents on Thursday morning helped protest against what they […]

In the aftermath high-profile shootings at the Clackamas mall and at an elementary school in Connecticut, several legislators from Clark County say they expect to have difficult discussions in the […]

And now, a dispatch from our new demographics reporter, Erin Middlewood: When editors asked me to look into who in Clark County would pay more under the fiscal-cliff deal provision […]

Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler is split on the two bills House Republicans promoted last month to resolve the “fiscal cliff.” While Herrera Beutler appears to stand by her fellow Republicans […]

From the desk of court reporter Paris Achen: The 66-year-old Vancouver man who gained YouTube infamy last summer after he was captured on camera in a florescent yellow bicycle getup swiping […]

Just weeks away from her first legislative session, state Rep.-elect Liz Pike, R-Camas, is talking about drafting a bill that would allow teachers to carry guns in school. The proposal comes […]