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Washington State Standard: Democratic state senators push $17B tax package to balance Washington budget

by sdcadminMar 20 20250 Comments

Let the tax debate begin in Olympia. Democrats in the Washington state Senate kicked it off Thursday with a monstrous opening statement, calling for ...

Seattle Times: Senate Democrats release tax proposals as budget debate heats up

by sdcadminMar 20 20250 Comments

OLYMPIA — Senate Democrats want to tax Washington’s wealthiest and are calling for a half-cent sales tax cut to reduce the burden on consumers as ...

The News Tribune: Senate Democrats unveil 5-part tax plan to solve WA’s multi-billion-dollar budget problem

by sdcadminMar 20 20250 Comments

As Washington faces a budget gap somewhere in the multi-billions, state lawmakers have brainstormed ways to close it. Two days after receiving a less-than-sunny revenue ...

KXLY: Washington Senate Democrats hope to balance budget with new taxes on wealthy and changes to property and sales taxes

by sdcadminMar 20 20250 Comments

OLYMPIA, Wash. – State Senate Democrats on Thursday released a few ideas to bring in more money to balance the state budget, including taxes on ...

King 5: Washington state rally calls for tax hikes in budget plan

by sdcadminMar 17 20250 Comments

OLYMPIA, Wash. — As Washington state budget writers work on proposals for balancing the budget, demonstrators Monday called for tax increases to be part of ...

The Seattle Medium: Washington Senate Approves Bill Designating Clergy As Mandatory Reporters Of Child Abuse

by sdcadminMar 07 20250 Comments

The Washington state Senate approved a bill on Friday that requires religious leaders to serve as mandatory reporters of child abuse and neglect. Advocates believe ...

Herald Net: Editorial- Hold clergy to duty to report child abuse

by sdcadminMar 05 20250 Comments

There are few areas of lawmaking as fraught with the competing tensions between rights and responsibilities than those involving religion, a necessary result of the ...

King 5: Senate passes bill requiring clergy to report abuse, legislation heads to House

by sdcadminMar 03 20250 Comments

OLYMPIA, Wash. — The bill to add clergy to the state’s list of mandatory reporters of child abuse passed out of the ...

The Urbanist: Wealth Tax on Megarich Would Invest in Washington State’s Future

by sdcadminFeb 06 20250 Comments

Despite Governor Ferguson’s hemming and hawing, state lawmakers are advancing a wealth tax that could raise billions to fully fund public schools and avert a ...

Washington State Standard: WA Legislature weighs paying parents who care for children with disabilities

by sdcadminFeb 05 20250 Comments

Two-and-a-half years after Melissa Kerson’s son was born, she had to give up her dream job and care for him full time. Kerson’s son was born ...