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This year marked the 40th anniversary of the partnership between treaty tribes and our state co-managers to establish salmon fisheries.
Each spring since 1984, we’ve held a series of …
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By Ed Johnstone, NWIFC Chairman
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5/28/24
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During the first half of May, administrators at the University of Washington patiently negotiated with pro-Hamas protesters about voluntarily dismantling their illegal encampment at the center of the …
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Commentary by Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia
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5/21/24
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With candidate filing week now behind us, the 2024 election season is in full swing.
Democrat leaders in our state are no doubt looking ahead to the August primary and November general election …
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Commentary by state Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia
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5/14/24
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With candidate filing week now behind us, the 2024 election season is in full swing.
Democrat leaders in our state are no doubt looking ahead to the August primary and November general election …
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Commentary by state Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia
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5/10/24
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Blocking a bad piece of legislation can often be as important as passing a good bill. That’s why Republican senators took a moment to cheer a few months ago when, in the face of intense …
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By John Braun
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5/7/24
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Unfortunately, it’s animal fighting season in the Pacific Northwest. The Washington state Gambling Commission encourages reporting of animal fighting to help stop these terrible acts.
Our …
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By Gary Drumheller / Washington Gambling Commission
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5/7/24
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In 1904, the ice cream cone was invented, the United States began construction of the Panama Canal, and a group of employers came together in Seattle to form the Citizens’ Alliance, which later …
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By Kris Johnson
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4/23/24
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Republicans see absolutely no need for an income tax in Washington. Thanks to unanimous support from Republican legislators, Initiative 2111 was passed on March 4. It outlaws any income tax at any …
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Commentary by Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia
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4/23/24
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As climate change concerns grow, researchers are turning to family tree farmers for assistance. They have been helping for a century, but their efforts go unrecognized.
The American Tree Farm …
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By Don Brunell
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4/2/24
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Knowing what the Legislature did and didn’t do this year with the six initiatives submitted to it by the people of Washington, I couldn’t help noticing what a big-city newspaper columnist …
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By Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia
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4/2/24
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In Washington this year, we hope to again escape the historic droughts plaguing other parts of the world. The Columbia River water system flowed at normal levels in recent years, which is good for …
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By Don Brunell
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3/19/24
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The legislative session is over, and it had the potential to be very positive for salmon recovery in Washington state. There was bipartisan support for habitat restoration, with several bills being …
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By Todd Myers/Washington Policy Center
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3/19/24
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Four years ago, I introduced a bill to ban an income tax at any level in our state.
It was ignored.
Three years ago, Sen. Perry Dozier, the Republican senator who serves Walla Walla County …
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By Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia
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3/12/24
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Band-Aid fixes won’t help Washington’s farmers
By Pam Lewison
Washington Policy Center
When a doctor diagnoses cancer, the expectation is a full course of treatment to …
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3/6/24
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By Kris Johnson
Recent announcements from U.S. Reps. Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Derek Kilmer that they will not seek re-election to Congress caught the political world by surprise. …
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By Kris Johnson
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3/6/24
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The people have a right to know.
That was the idea in 1972 when a citizens’ Coalition for Open Government in Washington state successfully worked for the passage of Initiative 276, a …
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By Mike Fancher/WashCOG president
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2/27/24
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In 2017, I wrote a column titled “America needs more welders and fewer philosophers.” It was a slogan Florida Sen. Marco Rubio used in his 2016 presidential campaign to call attention to …
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By Don Brunell
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2/27/24
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The Democrats who currently control the Legislature should uphold our state constitution by giving proper attention to Initiative 2109, which would repeal Washington’s capital gains tax. It is …
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By Sen. John Braun, R-Centralia/For the Nisqually Valley News
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2/20/24
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Although the Washington state Republican Party has officially endorsed Joe Kent in the race for Third Congressional District, lifelong Republican Leslie Lewallen said she’s a better choice if …
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Commentary by Julie McDonald / For The Chronicle
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2/12/24
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Family, friends and tribal and state leaders recently witnessed the unveiling of a model of the Billy Frank Jr. statue in a ceremony at the state Capitol.
The 4-foot-tall model — depicting …
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By Ed Johnstone
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2/6/24
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