The cost of health care for about 17,500 Clark County residents remains uncertain after the U.S. government reopened last week without a deal to extend expiring federal tax credits that offset the cost of premiums on some Affordable Care Act plans.
When Christopher Douville started his law enforcement career in the mid-2000s in Spokane, hundreds of men and women lined up to take their police entrance test. About 400 people would compete for four to six openings, he said.
The Clark County Council and County Manager Kathleen Otto violated the state’s Open Public Meetings Act when the council removed Councilor Michelle Belkot from C-Tran’s board in March, according to a report from the Skamania County Sheriff’s Office.
With the state strapped for cash, Democrats’ chief budget writer in the Washington Senate has told colleagues there’s no money available for new spending they might desire next year.
Fifteen months after losing her race to represent Washington’s 3rd Congressional District, Camas City Councilor Leslie Lewallen is facing another political upset.
Expenses for Clark County government are rising to meet the needs of a growing population, but revenues aren’t, so county councilors expect to make some tough choices as they set the 2026 budget.
A second proposal to create a Camas-Washougal regional fire authority was narrowly passing in early election results Tuesday night.
In the past week, Clark County residents have donated thousands of pounds of food, and businesses have dished up hundreds of free meals to help neighbors affected by the suspension of a federal food assistance program.
Roughly half of the more than 1.3 million family caregivers in Washington have been set back financially due to their responsibilities.
Democratic state senators are eyeing an income tax on millionaires as they seek to overcome Washington’s persisting budget shortfall.
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