Today, Gov. Jay Inslee signed into law legislation sponsored by Sen. Noel Frame (D-Seattle) to protect the residents of manufactured home parks from displacement. SB 5198 would require two years’ notice before the closure of a manufactured home park and ...
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Dear friends and neighbors, It’s budget season at the Legislature! Both the House and Senate have proposed versions of the three budgets that we pass every year – operating, transportation, and capital. What do all three budgets entail, and what’s ...
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Sen. Noel Frame (D-Seattle) offered the following statement on the Supreme Court’s ruling upholding the capital gains excise tax: “I’m encouraged by this ruling, but our work on reforming our tax system so the wealthiest few pay what they owe ...
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Dear friends and neighbors, I wanted to thank you for the strong show of support at our hearing on the Washington State Wealth Tax. I asked you to step up and demonstrate the public wants to fix our upside-down tax ...
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OLYMPIA — More than 2,600 people signed in to support the Washington State Wealth Tax proposal during a Senate Ways & Means Committee hearing on Thursday. The legislation, SB 5486, would create a narrowly tailored property tax on extreme wealth ...
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Dear friends and neighbors, I wanted to update you on the Washington State Wealth Tax hearing this Thursday. We’ve already had more than 1,200 people sign up to support the bill in committee – that’s an excellent show of support, ...
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The Senate Ways & Means Committee will be holding a hearing on the Washington State Wealth Tax this Thursday, March 9th. The bill, SB 5486, sponsored by Sen. Noel Frame (D-Seattle) would create a narrowly tailored property tax on extreme ...
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Hello friends and neighbors! We’ve just passed the halfway point of the legislative session and I’m excited to update you on the action. We’re on the floor now, through March 8, passing bills through the Senate before we begin considering ...
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Legislation to make members of the clergy mandatory reporters of child abuse or neglect passed the Washington State Senate today on a unanimous vote. SB 5280, sponsored by Sen. Noel Frame (D-Seattle), would require clergy to report sexual abuse allegations ...
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Legislation to support economic development in rural areas passed the state Senate today. SB 5229, sponsored by Sen. Noel Frame (D-Seattle), expands the range of economic development projects that can be funded by the state’s Community Economic Revitalization Board, and ...
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