Every year city and county lobbyists descend on Olympia to beseech the legislature for additional state funding for local transportation projects. We can expect more of the same in the 2027 legislative session. In response,…
Turnpike tolls and state park fees have stayed flat for years as inflation has eaten away at their value. To fight the effects of inflation, legislators voted this year to increase tolls and park fees for non-residents. Gov.…
The legislature has granted Public Employee Retirement System (PERS) Plan 1 and Teachers Retirement System (TRS) Plan 1 retirees a “one-time” cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) six times in the past eight years. Combined, these…
An independent study of the economic impacts of Washington’s 2025 tax increases – the largest in state history – is projected to reduce economic growth by half a percent of state GDP and cut wages by about $3.7 billion in…
Key TakeawaysWashington state legislators adopted a range of new taxes in the 2025 legislative session, including an increase in B&O taxes, a B&O tax surcharge, an increase in capital gains taxes, an increase in the…
Share this Story on Facebook, X, Text, LinkedIn, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, or OutlookThe Senate and House of Delegates’ financial committees met on Sunday to approve competing sets of amendments to the next Virginia budget, neither…
While the majority party insists state government is facing revenue shortfalls, the data show we have simply built a bureaucracy designed to grow faster than taxpayers' ability to pay for it. House Republicans’ have…
Share this Story on Facebook, X, Text, LinkedIn, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, or OutlookAs a new Democratic Party trifecta looms in Virginia, a progressive policy group has floated a long list of old and new ways to soak Virginia’s…
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