July 25, 2021, 6:03am Editorials
A growing crisis in the cost of rental housing is a reflection of powerful market forces. It also represents a K-shaped recovery from the pandemic and is a harbinger of factors that will undermine the economy during that recovery. Read story
July 24, 2021, 6:03am Editorials
Cheers: To police transparency. The Vancouver Police Department is on track to receive $1.5 million in federal funds to support a new body camera and dashboard camera program. The program, which long has been under consideration, will improve accountability and protect both officers and the public. Read story
July 23, 2021, 6:03am Editorials
Some 16 months into the coronavirus pandemic, the world will come together over the next two weeks. Read story
July 22, 2021, 6:03am Editorials
In our polarized political climate, it is predictable that the major parties and national media would present voter access and election security as competing ideals. In the process, this false dichotomy has served as a powerful wedge issue. Read story
July 21, 2021, 6:03am Editorials
A focus on climate issues as part of a replacement Interstate 5 Bridge is necessary and forward-thinking. Constructing a bridge to effectively serve the region over the next 100 years or so requires attention to the realities of a changing climate. Read story
July 20, 2021, 6:03am Editorials
Voters in the November general election will weigh in on several questions about the makeup of Clark County government. The most interesting of these will surround the nature of partisanship. Read story
July 19, 2021, 6:03am Editorials
Negotiations over a waterfront development east of the Interstate 5 Bridge have turned into a victory for the Vancouver City Council. In the process, local residents and the developer of the site also have benefited. Read story
July 18, 2021, 6:03am Editorials
Vancouver’s experiment with the Navigation Center serves as both an object lesson and an abject lesson in government. It reflected an attempt to address the city’s growing homelessness problem, yet in the end it stands as an example of failed government intervention. Read story
July 17, 2021, 6:03am Editorials
Cheers: To COVID vaccines. More than 70 percent of Washington residents 16 and older have received at least one dose of a coronavirus vaccine, with the state passing the milestone on Wednesday. “We are almost at 8 million doses of vaccines that have been given to almost 4.3 million people… Read story
July 16, 2021, 6:03am Editorials
Neither President Joe Biden nor any of his predecessors have helped determine which books your children read in school, how quickly local police respond to a 911 call or how much you pay in sales tax. But the people on the ballot for this year’s election will impact the daily… Read story