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Camas School Board District 3

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Camas Mayor

House passes compromise deal to raise debt limit, despite opposition from Northwest lawmakers in both parties

June 1, 2023, 8:12am Latest News

The House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a bill to raise the nation’s borrowing limit and end the threat of economic disaster — which the House’s Republican majority used to extract concessions from Democrats to limit federal spending — despite Northwest lawmakers from both parties opposing the compromise. Read story

FILE - Susana Lujano, left, a dreamer from Mexico who lives in Houston, joins other activists to rally in support of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, also known as DACA, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, June 15, 2022. A revised version of DACA, a federal policy that prevents the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, is set to be debated Thursday, June 1, 2023, before a federal judge who previously ruled the program illegal. (AP Photo/J.

Revised DACA program to be debated before Texas judge who previously ruled against it

June 1, 2023, 8:08am Nation & World

A revised version of a federal policy that prevents the deportation of hundreds of thousands of immigrants brought to the U.S. as children is set to be debated Thursday before a federal judge who previously ruled the program illegal. Read story

FILE - A sign is displayed outside the Internal Revenue Service building on May 4, 2021, in Washington. While Republicans seek to make good on campaign promises to cut IRS funding through the proposed debt ceiling and budget cuts package now moving through Congress, Democrats are offering assurances that the spending cuts will have little impact on the federal tax collector.

Republicans get their IRS cuts, but Democrats say they expect little near-term impact

June 1, 2023, 7:40am Business

House Republicans are seeking to make good on their campaign promise to rein in the IRS with cutbacks built into the debt ceiling and budget cuts package moving through Congress. Read story

FILE - A pump jack and wind turbines stand inside of a cotton field on Oct. 18, 2015, near Lamesa, Texas. The U.S.

Debt ceiling deal advances pipeline and tweaks environmental rules. But more work remains.

June 1, 2023, 7:38am Business

Despite weeks of negotiations, the White House and House Republicans were unable to reach a comprehensive agreement to overhaul environmental regulations and streamline federal permitting as part of their debt ceiling deal, instead settling for limited changes that could simplify some project reviews. Read story

House Bill 1222 requires health carriers offering large group health plans and plans offered to public employees to include certain hearing-related coverage.

New Washington laws aim to lower out-of-pocket health care costs

June 1, 2023, 6:02am Health Free

Insulin, abortions, hearing aids and cancer screenings are among the medical expenses that may soon cost less for Washington residents with health insurance. Read story

Don Bonker, former Southwest Washington congressional representative, dead at 86

Former Congressman Don Bonker, center, and Oregon Congressman Earl Blumenauer speak after a recognition reception for the 25th anniversary of the passage of the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Act on Aug. 13, 2011, at Skamania Lodge.

Don Bonker, who represented Southwest Washington in Congress for 14 years, yet rarely missed his children’s phone calls or baseball games, died Tuesday at his home in Silverdale. He was 86 years old and had been diagnosed with cancer of the gall bladder last week. Read story

Air Force picks Colorado for more Space Force missions as politics loom over headquarters decision

May 31, 2023, 7:10pm Politics

The Air Force announced the permanent location for many more U.S. Space Force units Wednesday — and none of them are in Huntsville, Alabama, suggesting the service may be moving ahead with at least part of the design it originally sought for the new force before it became entangled in… Read story

Reports: Prosecutors have tape of Trump discussing holding onto classified doc after leaving office

May 31, 2023, 7:09pm Politics

Justice Department prosecutors have obtained an audio recording of former President Donald Trump from after he left office in which he talks about holding onto a classified Pentagon document related to a potential attack on Iran, according to media reports. Read story