A proposed capital gains tax in Seattle draws mixed response from tech leaders and lawmakers
Some also raise concerns about possible detrimental impacts to the business industry and tech talent depth. The state ...
As country gets redder, Washington voters are getting bluer, showing potential support for an income tax, stricter climate regulations down the line
As Washington remains to the political left of most states, supporters of this year’s ballot initiatives aimed at repealing ...
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WA’s 2025 legislative session will feature new faces, big budget gap
“I would caution the other side against interpreting that as a go-ahead on more taxes because people are having trouble ...
These tax cuts will go away without action by Congress and Trump
President-elect Donald Trump pledged to renew the tax cuts that he enacted in his first term, but keeping them around could ...
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Washington’s first-of-its kind LTC tax survives referendum meant to crush it
Voters in Washington state Tuesday voted to keep the nation’s first payroll tax dedicated to long-term care coverage.
Map: County-by-county results for Washington I-2109 on capital gains tax
SEATTLE — Track vote totals in statewide Initiative 2109 by county on KING 5's exclusive interactive map during the November ...
The Columbian7d
Washington’s capital gains tax on track so far to survive repeal effort
An initiative to repeal Washington’s capital gains tax, which levies a 7 percent tax on the sale or exchange of long-term ...
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Washington Voters Say 'Yes' to Taxing Carbon Emissions
An initiative to cut a carbon tax out of the Washington Climate Commitment Act was soundly rejected by voters. Gov. Jay Inslee sees the margin of defeat as an important message.
Washington State Votes to Keep Carbon Tax That Was Up for Repeal
Companies including BP, Amazon and Microsoft joined with environmental groups to defeat a proposal to end the state’s cap-and-trade program.
Washington state voters decide to keep capital gains tax
Tuesday night results for Initiative 2109 show the measure to repeal the capital gains tax is failing by a wide enough margin for backers of the measure to declare defeat. As of Tuesday night, 63.2% ...
Voters rejecting I-2109 in Washington state
Initiative 2109 would have repealed the state capital gains tax imposed annually on the sale or exchange of long-term ...
Early election results show I-2066 a tossup, other 3 WA ballot initiatives on track to fail
Measures to end capital gains tax, emissions cap, mandatory long-term care trail, while measure on natural gas access too ...