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If you aren’t online or at a Battle Ground City Council meeting, you may not be aware there is discord and division in town.
This is nothing new in some sense, and there will always be …
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7/28/26
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When I vote in a judicial race, I want someone who has actually done the work. That is why I am supporting Judge Dave Larson (retired) for Washington state Supreme Court, Position 5.
I have met …
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7/28/26
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During the July 20 Battle Ground City Council meeting, Mayor Eric Overholser discussed the staff time spent responding to public reaction following several controversial proclamations.
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7/28/26
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New research reveals that gas prices are significantly higher in Democrat-controlled states than in Republican states. That’s not much of a surprise, however, until the researchers dive into what …
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By Bob Pishue / Mountain States Policy Center
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7/28/26
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You may have already seen the enclosed article about my campaign. I’m grateful to the Jewish News Syndicate for telling part of my story, but like any article, it couldn’t capture everything.
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By Sarah Mittelman
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7/28/26
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When Clark County voters elected the charter form of government, it gave the power to a county manager.
Little did they know what the real life impacts that action would make on their …
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7/21/26
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What if the best report card for state government wasn’t a poll or an election? What if it was a moving truck?
Every year, millions of Americans make one of the biggest decisions of their …
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By Chris Cargill / Mountain States Policy Center
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7/21/26
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I’ve admired Ben Sasse for many years.
I appreciated his respectful, moral and strong approach to public policy as a U.S. senator from Nebraska.
Dare I say it, he seemed to …
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By Brian Mittge
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7/21/26
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U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez touts her influence in getting federal funds for a new Interstate 5 Interstate Bridge Replacement — IBR — across the Columbia River.
Yet, the IBR …
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7/21/26
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The Slippery Slope is a category of logical fallacy where one starts with a small fact and jumps to an exaggerated long-term consequence.
For example, we have heard people claim that …
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7/14/26
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How many times have you heard it? A child “known to the system” dies, and someone says: “See? Because you’re not taking away as many children, and throwing them into foster care, it’s …
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By Richard Wexler
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7/14/26
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Over the past few months, I have watched individuals, organizations and news outlets lie about Initiative Measure IL26-638, which seeks to exclude males from competing in girls' sports.
I have …
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By Dr. Erica Li
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7/14/26
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It's not what we have accomplished in the last 250 years. It's how we are going to keep it going.
It will not happen by tearing it down. Rather, building on the far greater good that is …
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7/7/26
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I was saddened to see the small town of Yacolt community, which professes to be patriotic, show such hate towards someone they don’t even know.
I lived in Yacolt for over 20 years, …
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7/7/26
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Switzerland is one of the world’s oldest surviving republics. When the Catholic and protestant cantons fought during the 26-day Sonderbund Civil War of 1847, 86 people were killed.
As …
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7/7/26
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One of my most precious memories is of going with my parents to the local polling place to cast their votes.
Sometimes this was at the high school in Battle Ground and sometimes at the …
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7/7/26
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A missing child from Arizona was recently found in an Olympia homeless encampment after investigators suspected she was being sex trafficked. That fact alone should disturb every one of us.
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By Sarah Mittelman
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7/7/26
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Imagine being told you have to leave your home, perhaps forever. You only have a couple of hours to pack, and you can only take what fits in your car.
Calista Christiansen, a seventh-grader from …
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By Kris Johnson / Association of Washington Business
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7/7/26
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In his book, “Inventing America,” the liberal scholar Garry Wills argued that the Declaration of Independence owed much to previous Anglo-American history. This is correct.
English …
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By Rob Natelson / Mountain States Policy Center
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6/30/26
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Washington state’s third-highest-in-the-nation gas tax is going up again on July 1, 2026.
It will be the first “automatic” or “inflation-based” increase since ESHB 2711, signed …
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By Bob Pishue / Mountain States Policy Center
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6/30/26
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