Political Beat
Deadline on school funding plan
Lawmakers have missed a lot of deadlines recently. And they’ve been given a pass. The governor called two special legislative session with the hopes they can agree on a two-year operating budget. Even […]
The other Washington
Washington state lawmakers often refer to “the other Washington” when speaking about partisan gridlock. The other Washington is where nothing gets done. The other Washington is where political dysfunction is the […]
Gov skips graduation speech for budget talks
After a week of meeting with the governor behind closed doors, lawmakers emerged Friday with a tentative deal on an overall spending plan. They haven’t agreed on how they will spend the […]
The Senate: Where anything CRC related goes to die
Reps. Liz Pike, R-Camas, and Sharon Wylie, D-Vancouver, have little in common politically. But the two teamed up this legislative session, making an unlikely alliance, on an even more unlikely subject: […]
Preparing for a shutdown
Washington lawmakers started a second special session today. Most are optimistic they will strike a deal on a two-year operating budget before the end of the month. But we’ve heard that before. On […]
“The worst thing to happen to public camping since poison ivy”
As Washington lawmakers continue to hammer out a deal on a two-year operating budget, a lot of the focus has been on how much money will be sent to the […]
New board members on H-RoC
Two new board members have joined H-RoC, a nonpartisan political action committee promoting women to positions of leadership in Clark County. Both women have long, impressive resumes. Barbara Johnson served for 28 […]
JHB one of the “40 Most Interesting Women in Politics”
U.S. Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Camas, is making national headlines once again. Last year, the Washington Post’s the Fix named Herrera Beutler one of the "40 rising-star politicians younger than 40." This […]
Sen. Ann Rivers’ message to teachers
Thousands of local teachers protested in the past couple of weeks to try to send lawmakers a strong message it’s time to boost school funding. Sen. Ann Rivers, R-La Center, is […]
Pay raise continues to haunt lawmakers
It seems unlikely an 11 percent pay raise could ever come at a bad time. But for lawmakers, the 11 percent boost to their bottom line has turned into a public […]