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Whether you look at the price of gasoline, groceries or housing, it’s easy to see how costs are going up across Washington. It’s harder sometimes to understand why. While national trends …
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By Kris Johnson
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8/19/25
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In November 2020, about eight months into the COVID-19 pandemic, I called attention to how classroom closures were causing academic, emotional and social harm to the majority of K-12 students across …
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Commentary by Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia
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8/15/25
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Whether you look at the price of gasoline, groceries or housing, it’s easy to see how costs are going up across Washington.
It’s harder sometimes to understand why.
While …
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By Kris Johnson, Association of Washington Business
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8/13/25
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About two weeks ago, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it was beginning the process of rescinding its 2009 “Endangerment Finding” on greenhouse gas (GHG) …
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By Rep. Jim Walsh / R-Aberdeen
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8/12/25
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You can tell a lot about a place by the way it remembers its leaders. In Bucoda, where the population hovers just under 600, the people are planning to gather on Aug. 19 to do something big: rename …
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By Wayne Fournier
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8/12/25
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About two weeks ago, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it was beginning the process of rescinding its 2009 “Endangerment Finding” on greenhouse gas (GHG) …
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Commentary by Rep. Jim Walsh, R-Aberdeen
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8/11/25
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Should biological boys play in girls’ high school sports? Of the Thurston County residents responding to that question in a recent poll, 84% voted no.
You wonder how the remaining 16% …
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Commentary by Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia
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8/8/25
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As our kids head back to school this fall, many families across Washington are feeling the sting — not just from the cost of backpacks, pencils and notebooks, but from the crushing financial …
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Commentary by Rep. Peter Abbarno, R-Centralia
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8/6/25
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If you’ve ever wondered why Americans can look at the same set of facts and come away with completely different beliefs, you’re not alone. For years, I thought the differences came down …
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By Richard Stride
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8/5/25
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Democrat leaders in our state have found a new reason to criticize the federal government. This time it’s the July 24 executive order about ending crime and disorder on America’s streets …
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By Sen. John Braun / R-Centralia
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8/5/25
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Democrat leaders in our state have found a new reason to criticize the federal government. This time it’s the July 24 executive order about ending crime and disorder on America’s streets …
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Commentary by Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia
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8/1/25
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The questions I hear most often from people in Southwest Washington right now involve the state’s Medicaid program. Is D.C. defunding it? Is Olympia destroying it? These questions are …
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By Jim Walsh
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7/29/25
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There’s a special kind of buzz in the air when July melts into August here in Thurston County. You can hear it in the rumble of livestock trailers on country roads. You can see it in kids …
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By Wayne Fournier
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7/29/25
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The questions I hear most often from people in Southwest Washington right now involve the state’s Medicaid program.
Is D.C. defunding it? Is Olympia destroying it? These questions are …
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Commentary by Jim Walsh
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7/28/25
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Republican legislators have rightfully focused on how majority Democrats just approved the largest tax package in Washington history, which will raise state and local taxes by a combined $12.2 …
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Commentary by Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia
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7/25/25
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The Washington Association of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs has kept a record of the auto thefts reported across our state for each month since 2002. In those 23-plus years, the statewide number never …
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Commentary by Sen. John Braun
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7/18/25
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Gov. Bob Ferguson’s first speech to the Legislature included several declarations that were encouraging to Republicans in the audience. One was that he was not here to defend government, but to …
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By Sen. John Braun / R-Centralia
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7/15/25
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Local government isn’t often glamorous; sometimes, it’s downright messy. But every leadership lesson has a story, and this one happens to involve that guy from The Partridge Family and a …
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7/15/25
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Local government isn’t often glamorous; sometimes, it’s downright messy. But every leadership lesson has a story, and this one happens to involve that guy from The Partridge Family and a …
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Commentary by Wayne Fournier / For The Chronicle
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7/14/25
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Gov. Bob Ferguson’s first speech to the Legislature included several declarations that were encouraging to Republicans in the audience. One was that he was not here to defend government, but to …
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Commentary by Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia
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7/11/25
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