Political Beat

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]