May 6, 2019, 6:03am Editorials
The first step often is the most difficult. So it is laudable that a commission considering the future of the Clark County Jail has been sure-footed in its initial projection. Read story
May 5, 2019, 6:03am Editorials
Tucked into the spending measures passed by the Legislature before its adjournment last week is $35 million toward replacement of the Interstate 5 Bridge. Read story
May 4, 2019, 6:03am Editorials
Cheers: To good detective work. A 57-year-old Oregon man was arrested this week in the 1994 rape and murder of a Vancouver woman, Audrey Hoellein. After submitting DNA evidence from the long-ago crime scene to Parabon Nanolabs, Vancouver police were pointed in the direction of a suspect who lived in… Read story
May 3, 2019, 6:03am Editorials
The United States Constitution, in Article I, Section 2, Clause 3, calls for an enumeration of people in the country every 10 years — commonly known as the census. The 14th Amendment clarifies that stipulation, citing the “whole number of persons in each state.” Read story
May 2, 2019, 6:03am Editorials
A soaring economy in Washington — and, indeed, the entire United States — partly depends on Boeing to fly right. Read story
May 1, 2019, 6:03am Editorials
Not that they asked us, but for the past several years The Columbian has offered some sound advice for elected officials: Don’t Do Stupid Stuff. It’s a pretty good philosophy, one articulated often by editor emeritus Lou Brancaccio, and it rings as true today as when Brancaccio adopted it as… Read story
April 30, 2019, 6:03am Editorials
First, the kudos: Lawmakers deserve some credit for making deadline. The 2019 Legislature adjourned at midnight Sunday night, the end of the constitutionally mandated 105-day session. Read story
April 29, 2019, 6:03am Editorials
While there has been necessary attention placed upon Russian interference in the 2016 election and on questions about voter eligibility, perhaps the biggest threat facing our democracy is gerrymandering. Read story
April 28, 2019, 6:03am Editorials
The 2020 election is still 555 days away. But with candidates firing up their campaigns and honing their sales pitches, it’s not too early for voters to dust off the civics lessons they learned long ago. Read story
April 27, 2019, 6:03am Editorials
Cheers: To limits on port races. Gov. Jay Inslee has signed a bill that will cap campaign contributions to port commission races, extending limits that previously applied only to the state’s largest ports — Seattle and Tacoma. Support for the legislation was clear: The bill passed the House of Representatives… Read story
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