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As Spokane County treasurer and a state representative, I've spent years working on issues involving public safety, tax compliance and government accountability. One thing I've learned is that when …
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By Mike Volz
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6/30/26
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Dear Port of Ridgefield commissioners,
I realize that you are in a difficult position. Do you authorize a plan that seemed right a few years back, or change direction? The Ridgefield Waterfront …
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6/23/26
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If I were a betting man, I’d say that everyone reading this letter, at one point or another, has wandered past a couple of young, motivated entrepreneurs on the sidewalk in front of their house or …
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6/23/26
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Ten years ago, when AWB’s first Manufacturing Week bus tour crossed the state, we had many goals, such as highlighting the great jobs available in our state’s modern manufacturing sector and …
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By Kris Johnson / Association of Washington Business
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6/23/26
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Amidst evidence of signature gatherers being harassed, Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown is offering his support to prosecute those trying to interfere with the initiative and referendum …
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By Sam Cardwell / Mountain States Policy Center
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6/22/26
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A year ago, Southwest Washington should have been celebrating the opening of the Brockmann Campus, a state-of-the-art mental health treatment facility north of WSU Vancouver. Instead, the $42 million …
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6/16/26
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Dear editor,
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing dangerous rollbacks to coal ash protections that would endanger the health of communities across the country. Coal ash, the toxic …
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6/16/26
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U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez already voted to raise our federal taxes, so now I want to know: as a Washingtonian, what does she think of all the new taxes coming out of Olympia?
She’s …
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6/16/26
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The letter from Simon Turner (June 3, “Stop the Slide”) brilliantly used the words of our founding fathers to disprove the myth that the U.S. was created as Christian nation.
It was not just …
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6/16/26
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On June 5, the director of Gov. Bob Ferguson's Office of Financial Management (OFM) sent every state agency a letter telling them to brace for what she called "the most challenging budget any of us …
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By Ryan Frost / Washington Policy Center
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6/15/26
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My wife volunteered for years in dog rescue efforts around the region, and her experiences made clear to me that Oregon’s animal cruelty and mistreatment laws were inadequate and needed …
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Randy Stapilus / The Oregon Capital Chronicle
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6/12/26
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Seventeen years ago, after 100 years of local ownership, The Reflector was sold in 2010 to a publishing group that once owned newspapers from California to Washington. Most recently, it was owned by …
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Commentary by Camden Spiller / The Reflector
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6/11/26
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Timothy was dead for a week in Seattle’s Discovery Park, lying halfway inside the door of his tent, when an officer investigating rumors of “a body in the woods” finally found him on March 31. …
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By Marsha Michaelis / Discovery Institute
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6/9/26
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John Kimbrough reminds us in his May 13 editorial that MAGA is alive and well, despite growing membership losses and declining confidence in the movement. He idealizes the glory of Trump’s …
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6/8/26
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I’ve been following the discussion about Yacolt’s patriotic road striping project, and I find myself shaking my head a little.
Let’s assume for the sake of argument that the anonymous …
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6/8/26
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I wonder if other readers noticed a curious contradiction between a front-page article and a letter to the editor in the May 27 edition of The Reflector. The front-page (top left) article was about …
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6/8/26
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There were far more losers than winners at the BG City Council’s June 1 meeting in which Mayor Overholser issued proclamations in support of ICE and condemning Antifa. It’s beneficial to review …
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6/8/26
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It is ironic that this year, as Battle Ground residents celebrate the 75th anniversary of a community named after a battle that never happened, we find ourselves in the midst of a very real cultural …
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6/8/26
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I understand why Gov. Bob Ferguson would lash out at Washington Republican Party Chairman Rep. Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen.
The Grays Harbor County lawmaker has made it his job to call out Ferguson …
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By Chad Taylor
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6/5/26
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I have a hard time.
I have a hard time understanding a world where governments can find billions for wars and luxury projects but can’t find enough to make sure children have food, veterans …
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6/1/26
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