Lawmakers in the state Capitol have spent nearly two months debating whether Washington should impose an income tax on individual earnings that exceed $1 million per year.
In a campaign letter, Gov. Bob Ferguson suggested the clock might run out this year before lawmakers can produce a version of the so-called "millionaires tax" he approves of.
The votes weren’t there yet late Wednesday for Democrats’ income tax bill in the Washington state House. Democratic members are withholding support for the proposed income tax on millionaires, saying ...
Education, child care, taxes and long-term care funding were among the topics of conversation when lawmakers released the budgets.
President Donald Trump will deliver his State of the Union address on Tuesday, but some Democrats say they will boycott.
Washington state Democrats are likely abandoning plans for a new tax on employers like Walmart and Amazon, whose workers get ...
Rep. Adison Richards and Sen. Deb Krishnadasan, both from Gig Harbor, are two of the latest Democrats to air concerns about the measure.
Time is winding down for this year's legislative session. Lawmakers in the State House and Senate are now looking to reconcile two slightly different spending plans. Each chamber passed its own ...
Washington state CEOs warn Olympia about a talent flight if the state imposes a new income levy.
“This is a straightforward issue of who’s in charge,” Sen. Angus King (I-Maine) said, citing a law that certain monuments ...
Democrats cheered Noem’s departure, but said it wasn’t enough to end the DHS shutdown that will soon enter its fourth week.