Election

Natural gas initiative qualifies for WA ballot in November

July 25, 2024, 10:01am Election

Environmental issues will be a centerpiece of Washingtonians’ ballots this fall, now that an initiative to protect the use of natural gas and to unravel recently passed energy regulations and laws has qualified for the ballot. Read story

Family caregiver advocate Christina Keys remembers her mom, Patricia Keys, while looking at her portrait in the front hallway of her Vancouver home Monday afternoon. Christina Keys quit her job 12 years ago to take care of her mother, who died in December 2022. More than 120 organizations and advocates for workers have launched a statewide campaign to defeat ballot Initiative 2124, which would make opting into the long-term care coverage tax voluntary. Also pictured is her mom’s service dog, Puddy, 13. “You weren’t a burden,” she said to her late mother.

Family caregivers, nurses launch campaign to protect Washington’s long-term care benefit, defeat I-2124

July 25, 2024, 6:05am Clark County Health

Last week, hundreds of family caregivers, advocates and nurses across the state launched a campaign to defeat a Washington ballot initiative that would cut funding to long-term health care benefits. Read story

Where do WA’s candidates for governor stand on climate change?

July 24, 2024, 7:40am Election

The years ahead for Washington will likely include ongoing drought and wildfire risk, surging demand for electricity, difficult or disappointing agricultural harvests, and the complicated task of further weaning the state off fossil fuels. Read story

Nearly all Washington Democrats in Congress endorse Kamala Harris for president

July 23, 2024, 8:48am Election

In the hours after President Joe Biden on Sunday announced he would end his re-election bid, elected Democrats swiftly coalesced around his vice president. By Monday afternoon, nearly all Washington Democrats holding federal or statewide office had endorsed Kamala Harris as their party’s nominee for president. Read story

A new public safety tax helped pay for body cams for the Clark County Sheriff's Office.

Clark County Council decides against a levy to support sheriff’s office for November ballot

July 22, 2024, 2:44pm Clark County News

Voters will not see a Clark County-sponsored law enforcement levy on the ballot this fall to accompany one from the city of Vancouver. Read story

Here’s how some Democratic leaders in Washington responded to Biden’s announcement

Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez hosts a child care roundtable with Clark County first responders at Vancouver City Hall on June 20.

Prominent Democrats in Washington took to social media Sunday to praise President Joe Biden and his decision to withdraw from the presidential race, and some of them backed his endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris to be the party's presidential nominee. Read story

Democrats hail Biden’s decision to not seek reelection as selfless. Republicans urge him to resign

FILE - President Joe Biden attends an event on the sidelines of the NATO Summit in Washington, July 11, 2024. Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, July 21, ending his bid for reelection following a disastrous debate with Donald Trump that raised doubts about his fitness for office just four months before the election.

July 21, 2024, 4:31pm Election

Democratic lawmakers hailed President Joe Biden's historic decision on Sunday not to seek reelection, praising him as putting his country and his party before himself. Republicans called on him to resign from office, saying that if he could not run for another term, office, then he's unable to serve as president. Read story