<img height="1" width="1" style="display:none" src="https://www.facebook.com/tr?id=192888919167017&amp;ev=PageView&amp;noscript=1">
Menu
The Columbian logo tagline
Login
Thursday,  November 14 , 2024
Current weather Vancouver, WA

Linkedin Pinterest

Tagged Articles:
politics

Sarah Bentley, second from left, leads songs at an International Women's Day Sit-In for Abortion Rights in the Texas State Capitol Rotunda, Wednesday, March 8, 2023, in Austin, Texas. Both abortion rights and anti-abortion protesters were present on the rotunda, speaking to curious passers-by, singing songs and occasionally chanting.

Abortion pill hearing made public after transparency concern

Sarah Bentley, second from left, leads songs at an International Women's Day Sit-In for Abortion Rights in the Texas State Capitol Rotunda, Wednesday, March 8, 2023, in Austin, Texas. Both abortion rights and anti-abortion protesters were present on the rotunda, speaking to curious passers-by, singing songs and occasionally chanting.

March 13, 2023, 3:49pm Politics

A judge is set to hear arguments this week in a lawsuit that poses a threat to the nationwide availability of medication abortion. The upcoming hearing became public Monday after reporting raised concerns that the case with major implications could unfold with little public oversight. Read story

Woody Guthrie’s family to Josh Hawley: Stop using his lyrics, insurrectionist

March 13, 2023, 9:30am Entertainment

Sen. Josh Hawley referenced Woody Guthrie last week when he sponsored a bill to prevent people associated with the Chinese Communist Party from owning U.S. farmland and called it the “This Land is Our Land Act.” Read story

Biden blames Trump deregulation for Silicon Valley Bank failure

March 13, 2023, 8:16am Business

President Joe Biden on Monday blamed the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and closure of Signature Bank on former President Trump’s 2018 decision to scrap some Obama-era banking regulations. Read story

Democratic Representative from New Hampshire Ann McLane Kuster (left) reacts as she speaks with Sgt. Aquilino Gonell of the US Capitol Police after he testified during the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol adjourned their first hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on July 27, 2021.

Q&A: Chair of New Democrat Coalition seeks to bridge the congressional divide

Democratic Representative from New Hampshire Ann McLane Kuster (left) reacts as she speaks with Sgt. Aquilino Gonell of the US Capitol Police after he testified during the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the US Capitol adjourned their first hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on July 27, 2021.

March 12, 2023, 6:02am Politics

Rep. Ann McLane Kuster has been on the front lines of tight races, and over and over again she’s come out victorious. Read story

State Sen. Ann Rivers, center, and Reps. Greg Cheney, left, and Stephanie McClintock from the 18th Legislative District engage in conversation Saturday with participants at a town hall at Washington State University Vancouver.

18th Legislative District lawmakers chat with constituents in Vancouver

State Sen. Ann Rivers, center, and Reps. Greg Cheney, left, and Stephanie McClintock from the 18th Legislative District engage in conversation Saturday with participants at a town hall at Washington State University Vancouver.

March 11, 2023, 7:40pm Clark County News

On the heels of the current legislative session, State Sen. Ann Rivers and Reps. Stephanie McClintock and Greg Cheney from the 18th Legislative District gathered on Saturday for a town hall. Read story

FILE - A physical therapist works with a patient at a field hospital operated by Care New England set up in a former bank call center to handle a surge of COVID-19 patients in Cranston, R.I, Dec. 14, 2020. Roughly 84 million people are covered by Medicaid, the government-sponsored program that's grown by 20 million people since January 2020, just before the coronavirus pandemic hit. Now, as states begin checking everyone's eligibility for Medicaid for the first time in three years, as many as 14 million people could lose access to that coverage.

Millions who rely on Medicaid may be cut from program

FILE - A physical therapist works with a patient at a field hospital operated by Care New England set up in a former bank call center to handle a surge of COVID-19 patients in Cranston, R.I, Dec. 14, 2020. Roughly 84 million people are covered by Medicaid, the government-sponsored program that's grown by 20 million people since January 2020, just before the coronavirus pandemic hit. Now, as states begin checking everyone's eligibility for Medicaid for the first time in three years, as many as 14 million people could lose access to that coverage.

March 10, 2023, 5:05pm Politics

If you get health care coverage through Medicaid, you might be at risk of losing that coverage over the next year. Read story

COVID test requirement lifted for travelers from China to U.S.

March 10, 2023, 2:30pm Politics

A requirement that travelers to the U.S. from China present a negative COVID-19 test before boarding their flights expired Friday after more than two months as cases in China have fallen. Read story

Biden budget vs. House GOP: Values on display in debt fight

March 10, 2023, 12:20pm Politics

For President Joe Biden, his federal budget is a statement of values — the dollars and cents of a governing philosophy that believes the wealthy and large corporations should pay more taxes to help stem deficits and lift Americans toward middle class stability. Read story

FILE - This 2020 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, which cause COVID-19. A crucial question has eluded governments and health agencies since the COVID-19 pandemic began: Did the virus originate in animals or leak from a Chinese lab? Now, the U.S. Department of Energy has assessed with "low confidence" that it began with a lab leak although others in the U.S. intelligence community disagree. (Hannah A.

House votes to declassify info about origins of COVID-19

FILE - This 2020 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles, which cause COVID-19. A crucial question has eluded governments and health agencies since the COVID-19 pandemic began: Did the virus originate in animals or leak from a Chinese lab? Now, the U.S. Department of Energy has assessed with "low confidence" that it began with a lab leak although others in the U.S. intelligence community disagree. (Hannah A.

March 10, 2023, 8:08am Health

The House voted unanimously on Friday to declassify U.S. intelligence information about the origins of COVID-19, a sweeping show of bipartisan support near the third anniversary of the start of the deadly pandemic. Read story

FILE - A radiologist uses a magnifying glass to check mammograms for breast cancer in Los Angeles, May 6, 2010. U.S. women getting mammograms will soon receive information about their breast density, which can sometimes make cancer harder to spot, under government rules finalized Thursday, March 9, 2023.

U.S. requires new info on breast density with all mammograms

FILE - A radiologist uses a magnifying glass to check mammograms for breast cancer in Los Angeles, May 6, 2010. U.S. women getting mammograms will soon receive information about their breast density, which can sometimes make cancer harder to spot, under government rules finalized Thursday, March 9, 2023.

March 9, 2023, 9:46am Breast Cancer

All U.S. women getting mammograms will soon receive information about their breast density, which can sometimes make cancer harder to spot. Read story