January 18, 2025, 6:01am Columns
The GOP has a tough task ahead: dealing with a looming financial crunch in Washington. Key parts of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act will expire, adding to the national debt, which has already hit $36.1 trillion. Read story
January 18, 2025, 6:01am Columns
Despite its cuddly sounding name, the Department of Children, Youth and Families runs two prisons. Read story
January 18, 2025, 6:01am Columns
Donald Trump’s campaign excursions into foreign policy were few and far between. He promised to build a stronger military and keep the country out of war. He said he would bring peace to Gaza and end the war in Ukraine on “Day One,” never offering details. Read story
January 18, 2025, 6:01am Columns
Sunny Jay went out the way he came in: mostly sunny. Though with some scattered shade. Read story
January 18, 2025, 6:01am Columns
While sorting through files left from 10 years as a legislator, I ran across a photo that shows members of our Clark County delegation filing the bill to reopen discussions about a replacement Interstate 5 Bridge spanning the Columbia River. Read story
January 17, 2025, 6:01am Columns
January is that time of year when we pause to examine our health habits, and Surgeon General Vivek Murthy issued an advisory with an important data point to consider: the strong link between alcohol consumption and cancer. Read story
January 16, 2025, 6:01am Columns
President-elect Donald Trump’s Jan. 7 press conference in Mar-a-Lago got me thinking about his upcoming inaugural speech on Monday. What should we watch for? Read story
January 15, 2025, 6:01am Columns
The Legislature has convened with the state facing a $12 billion budget shortfall over the next four years and major changes in the leadership in the executive branch of Washington government. Read story
January 14, 2025, 6:01am Columns
Young men are not launching — that is, growing up as tradition holds — at the same rate as young women. Read story
January 13, 2025, 6:01am Columns
The state of Texas filed a major lawsuit on Dec. 12 against a New York doctor who mailed abortion pills to a Collin County, Texas, woman, arguing that the doctor was practicing medicine without a Texas license and violating the state’s abortion ban. The suit raises messy legal questions about… Read story
