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Candidates for Washington attorney general Nick Brown, left, and Pete Serrano (Provided photos)

How WA AG candidates want to tackle key health issues like rising costs

September 23, 2024, 7:40am Election

In the race for Washington attorney general, the two candidates can agree on at least one thing: Health care is getting too expensive for Washingtonians — and the next attorney general needs to be able to wield consumer protection laws to preserve access to affordable medicine and services. Read story

Phil Kronebush of Vancouver, left, joins Tim Lussier of Clackamas as they greet drivers outside a Chevron gas station along Northeast Andresen Road on Sept. 6. Let’s Go Washington hosted three gas station events to highlight the I-2117 campaign. LGW slashed the cost of gasoline to reflect the national average and paid the difference on every gallon of gas sold during the event.

Is Washington’s climate law worth the cost? Voters will have their say with I-2117 on ballot

September 23, 2024, 6:05am Election

Three years ago, Washington politicians passed arguably the most ambitious climate law in the state’s history, putting a price on greenhouse gas emissions with the intention of putting the state on a path to a cleaner economy. Read story

FILE - Rep.-elect Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., joins new members of the House of Representatives on the steps of the Capitol for a group photo, in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/J.

Gluesenkamp Perez joins Republicans in vote for failed government funding measure

September 20, 2024, 10:45am Election Free

In her tough reelection fight for her southwest Washington U.S. House seat, Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez often touts her willingness to work with Republicans on policy. Read story

Nick Brown, left, a Democrat, makes remarks during a debate in Spokane, on Sept. 18, 2024. He and Pete Serrano, a Republican, right, are running in the 2024 Washington state attorney general race.

Brown and Serrano clash in back-to-back AG debates

September 20, 2024, 10:33am Election Free

Democrat Nick Brown and Republican Pete Serrano disagree sharply on the role and reach of Washington’s attorney general. Read story

Jaime Herrera Beutler Republican candidate for state lands commissioner

Herrera Beutler, Upthegrove debate for Washington lands commissioner

September 19, 2024, 12:05pm Election Free

Republican Jaime Herrera Beutler and Democrat Dave Upthegrove faced off Wednesday in Spokane in a debate that highlighted the candidates’ different views on land management, forest health and the future of timber harvests in Washington. Read story

Republican Dave Reichert, left, and Democrat Bob Ferguson are competing in Washington’s 2024 governor’s race.

Accusations of dishonesty fly in debate between Washington gubernatorial hopefuls

September 19, 2024, 9:39am Election

Washington’s longtime attorney general and a former sheriff known for his work hunting down a notorious serial killer traded accusations of lying to voters during their gubernatorial debate Wednesday, as each made his case for becoming the next governor of the Democratic stronghold state. Read story

Let’s Go Washington, a political committee, faces allegations it did not properly disclose information on money raised and spent in its signature-gathering drives for six initiatives in 2023. These boxes contain signed petitions for one of them, Initiative 2109, which would to repeal Washington state’s capital gains tax. It will be on ballots in November 2024.

Let’s Go Washington faces charges: Political group behind initiatives accused of violating campaign law

September 18, 2024, 4:33pm Clark County Politics

A 14-month investigation has led to charges against the political committee founded by businessman Brian Heywood for allegedly violating campaign finance laws in the course of gathering signatures for six initiatives last year, including three on the ballot in November. Read story

Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, center, speaking during an unscheduled stop to talk to student volunteers at Community College of Philadelphia, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024, in Philadelphia.

Trump and Harris are taking a brief break from campaigning in battleground states

September 18, 2024, 9:32am Election

Presidential candidates typically focus much of their travel on battleground states, but Donald Trump on Wednesday is taking his message to a somewhat unlikely place: suburban New York. Read story

Vancouver resident DeAnna Hathaway fills up her tank while prices were temporarily lowered at a Chevron gas station along Northeast Andresen Road on Friday morning. Let’s Go Washington hosted three gas station events to highlight the Initiative 2117 campaign to repeal the state’s Climate Commitment Act. The organization slashed the cost of gasoline to reflect the national average and paid the difference on every gallon of gas sold during the event.

Vancouver City Council expresses collective decision on five ballot initiatives to appear before voters in November

September 17, 2024, 1:48pm Clark County News Subscriber Exclusive

The Vancouver City Council expressed a collective decision Monday on five ballot initiatives that will appear before voters in November. The council’s positions support law enforcement funding and oppose four Republican-supported tax initiatives. Read story

An attendee at an election security training session at Cobb County Emergency Management headquarters on in Marietta, Ga., on Aug. 23 examines a card with a panic button that will be used by county election workers.

Election officials beef up security in advance of Election Day

September 17, 2024, 12:18pm Election

The election director in Cobb County, an Atlanta suburb where votes will be fiercely contested in this year’s presidential race, recently organized a five-hour training session. The focus wasn’t solely on the nuts-and-bolts of running this year’s election. Instead, it brought together election staff and law enforcement to strategize on… Read story