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An income tax for New Hampshire? Delaware & Connecticut offer a warning
Socialist gadfly Andru Volinsky held a press conference on Tuesday to propose a dual broad-based tax for New Hampshire: a 3% state income tax paired with a “true 3% statewide property tax.” Pitched as a tax cut, his plan…
Emails Conflict with Health Commissioner’s Testimony on CDPAP
The company selected to manage an $11 billion Medicaid home-care program discussed the job in detail with top Health Department officials – and submitted a 46-page takeover plan – two weeks before state lawmakers authorized…
Washington’s Charter Schools Deliver — If the State Lets Them
Each year, the Washington State Board of Education reports on public charter school performance. Its 2026 Public Charter Schools Report finds that charter schools are producing real academic results for some of Washington’s…
Tech Leaders’ Open Letter to Gov. Ferguson Lays Out Income Tax Damage
The Wall Street Journal covered an open letter to the governor from high tech leaders in Washington state warning of the damaging consequences that would come from the proposed new income tax. Predicted is a coming talent…
Floor Vote Set for Next Week
The House Finance Committee passed ESSB 6346 on a 9-6 vote, with only one Democrat, Rep. Walen, voting against the proposed 9.9% income tax. This despite over 100,000 people signing up in opposition to the bill, making it the…
Internal Emails Reveal the Real Plan for a Statewide Income Tax
The sales pitch for Democrats’ proposed 9.9% income tax is a polished, oft-repeated one: it will finally lower “regressive” taxes for the working class and will only ever apply to millionaires.Both statements are untrue.While…
Supplemental Budget Proposals Include an Income Tax, a Pension Raid, and More Spending
With the legislative session deadline of March 12 less than three weeks away, House Appropriations Committee Chair Timm Ormsby (D-Spokane) and Senate Ways & Means Committee Chair June Robinson (D-Everett) released their…
Lawmakers Want to Raid Police & Firefighters Pensions to Cover Spending
For the second year in a row, the legislative majority in Olympia is treating Washington's pension funds like a piggy bank to paper over their spending problems.Last session, lawmakers passed ESSB 5357, which raised the…
Are you a public employee with a pension? The income tax is coming for you too
1. Proposed income tax strips long-standing protections for public and private pensions.2. The bill's amendments to multiple RCW sections, such as 2.10.180, 2.12.090, and 2.14.100, explicitly ends exemptions for…
Senate Bill 5496 – When governments tell you what you can buy and sell
Washington state's housing crisis is real. High home prices, limited supply, and families squeezed out of homeownership. But the legislature's response in Senate Bill 5496 (E2SSB 5496) is a misguided overreach that…
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