Clark County Politics

Laurie Arndt of Vancouver, right, talks to city councilors at Monday’s community forum at the Educational Service District 112 building in Vancouver.

‘We’re being hit on so many levels’: Vancouver residents raise concerns about taxes, crime, streets

September 24, 2024, 1:49pm Clark County News

Vancouver residents who showed up to speak with city councilors at a Monday community forum expressed concerns about the upcoming police levy, crime at two of Vancouver Housing Authority’s apartment buildings and efforts to make streets more pedestrian friendly. 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

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, left, and Republican Joe Kent.

3rd Congressional candidates react to second Trump assassination attempt

September 18, 2024, 4:09pm Clark County News

Shortly after the FBI announced Sept. 15 that former President Donald Trump was the target of a second assassination attempt at his golf course in West Palm Beach, Fla., Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Skamania, posted about the incident on social media. 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

Vancouver police Cpl. Sean Metevia, left, joins cleanup crews and members of the city of Vancouver’s Homelessness Assistance and Resource Team on July 31 as they remove solid waste along the West Mill Plain Boulevard sound wall, with a house just beyond. Residents on the other side of the sound wall want the camp cleared.

Vancouver City Council considers problems at homeless camp at Mill Plain sound wall but takes no action

September 17, 2024, 11:23am Clark County News

The Vancouver City Council on Monday discussed tensions between residents of a homeless camp along the sound wall along West Mill Plain Boulevard and neighbors but didn’t take any action. Read story

Recap: 5 top takeaways from last week’s Washington governor debate

Washington state gubernatorial candidates Bob Ferguson, a Democrat, and Dave Reichert, a Republican, politely disagreed on the solutions to most issues facing Washington during the first face-to-face televised debate of the 2024 election Tuesday night. Read story

Kent declines invitation to Oct. 10 League of Women Voters debate

Republican 3rd District Congressional candidate Joe Kent speaks with voters at Felida Community Park on July 29.

September 13, 2024, 11:21am Clark County News

An Oct. 10 debate between 3rd Congressional District Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and Republican challenger Joe Kent to be hosted by the League of Women Voters was canceled Wednesday after Kent declined the invitation. Read story

Many House members vulnerable, including Perez; here are the top 10

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.

Unlike this year’s presidential and Senate races that are focused on a few intensely competitive states, there is no shortage of House battlegrounds across the country as Republicans look to expand their narrow majority while Democrats work to seize back the gavel they lost in 2022. Read story