Category Archives: In The News

Washington’s controversial income tax on high earners is now law after Gov. Bob Ferguson signed the legislation late last month. Advocates have nicknamed the measure the “millionaires tax.” It imposes a 9.9% levy on household income exceeding $1 million a ...

A newly signed bill is bringing property tax relief to approximately 50,000 individuals across Washington State. Governor Ferguson signed SB 6162 Monday afternoon, to go into effect for the 2027 tax year. The law raises income exemptions for property taxes, allowing more ...

Washington Governor Bob Ferguson on Thursday signed legislation that bans law enforcement officers from wearing masks while carrying out official duties. “Law enforcement’s job, of course, is to protect us,” Ferguson said. “Yet ICE is hiding from public accountability.” Ferguson ...

People in Washington have famously said no to a state income tax the past 10 times they’ve voted on it. The rejections were hardly mild. Since 1970, the closest the pro-tax side has come to a win was in 2010, ...

A ban on police face coverings has been one of the most talked about policy proposals in the first two days of Washington’s legislative session, with lead lawmakers and the governor lining up in support. Senate Bill 5855, which covers local, state ...

We should all hope we’d be in the financial position where we’d have to pay Gov. Bob Ferguson’s proposed “millionaires’ tax,” because — as the name implies — it would levy a tax on annual income above $1 million, meaning ...

Gov. Bob Ferguson has thrown his support behind an income tax on millionaires, backing what would be a seismic shift in Washington’s tax code. At a budget news conference Tuesday, Ferguson endorsed a proposal brewing among legislative Democrats that would ...

Police could call judges at a domestic violence crime scene to issue no-contact orders, and a cold case unit would be formed to examine cold cases involving missing and murdered Indigenous women under several bills under consideration by Washington legislators. ...

Recess would be mandatory at public schools in Washington under a bill before the state Legislature. Senate Bill 5457 would require that elementary students receive at least 45 minutes of play time per day, far more than many elementary students currently receive.