Political Beat

Once again, U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell is urging Congress to extend the state and local sales tax deduction for Washington residents and seven other states that don’t have an income […]

When state senators on Wednesday voted 28-21 in favor of legalizing same-sex marriage, they also approved two amendments to the legislation proposed by state Sen. Don Benton, R-Vancouver. The same-sex marriage […]

Republican Paul Harris and Democrat Jim Moeller, both state representatives from Vancouver, agree that the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration should listen to Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire’s request to legalize marijuana […]

Democratic leaders in Clark County and three nearby legislative districts announced this week that they endorse State Sen. Craig Pridemore, D-Vancouver, who will run for state auditor this fall. Democrats […]

Vancouver-based state senators Craig Pridemore, a Democrat, and Don Benton, a Republican, butted heads while voting this morning on whether to pass the controversial same-sex marriage bill out of committee. […]

Google, Wikipedia and other high-profile websites have blacked out parts of their pages today, and Washingtonians are flooding their Congressional members with requests to fight two pieces of legislation to […]

While covering stories on Washington state's budget, media reports include a billion-dollar range of figures when describing the state's financial shortfall. Exactly how big of a problem are lawmakers facing […]

Thursday at 6:25 p.m., Vancouver City Council candidate John Jenkins sent a press release conceding his loss in Tuesday's election to Councilor Bart Hansen. At 10:08 p.m., he sent an e-mail […]

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Dino Rossi was leading in at least one race going into the final weekend of his campaign against Democratic U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, according to Fuse […]