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Editorials

February 11, 2021

OPINION: The good, bad and ugly in this week’s Camas school levies vote

There is good news this week for Camas schools and families who have flocked to this area so their children might attend one of the best school districts in the region — with about 20 percent of ballots still left to count, Camas School District voters are passing two replacement levies that represent nearly 20 percent of the district’s budget.

January 7, 2021

OPINION: Gerrymandering a critical issue in 2021

A 2019 Center for American Progress report on the state of gerrymandering — the manipulation of electoral constituency boundaries in favor of one political party — across the United States found that unfair, partisan redistricting practices had resulted in the election of 59 Congressional representatives who would not have won their seats based on their area’s popular vote.