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Washington state budget adds $9B in taxes, raising affordability concerns
With $9 billion in new taxes now part of the new state budget, people in Washington will be paying more for many essentials.
Walz contrasts Minnesota’s bipartisan budget breakthrough with Washington’s deep divisions
Gov. Tim Walz and leaders of the Minnesota Legislature have announced a hard-fought budget deal. They used the occasion ...
‘Largest tax increase in state history’: Gov signs WA’s $78B operating budget into law
Gov. Bob Ferguson repeatedly said he would look for budget savings and efficiences before agreeing to raise taxes on ...
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Gov. Bob Ferguson signs into law a state operating budget with more taxes
Inheriting a $16 billion budget shortfall was not the way I wanted to start as governor,” Bob Ferguson said Tuesday.
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Ferguson signs budget boosting Washington state spending and taxes
Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson entered office warning that a multibillion-dollar budget shortfall would require spending cuts ...
Budget cuts at Trump EPA become flashpoint at a heated hearing — and, Democrats say, may kill people
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency clashed angrily with Democratic senators Wednesday, accusing one of being an ...
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Port Washington voters approve $199M school budget, back new trustee
The budget marks a $4.5 million, or 2.28%, increase from $194.6 million 24-25 school year budget, along with a 3.39% rise in ...
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WA lawmakers voice concern following passage of new state budget
TRI-CITIES, WA. -In what is officially the largest tax increase in Washington state history, local lawmakers say the new two-year, $78 billion budget bill sign ...
Critics of newly signed $78 billion WA operating budget predict dire fallout
The day after Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed into law a two-year, $78 billion operating budget that amounts to the ...
Governor Ferguson signs Washington’s contentious $77.9B operating budget
Discvover the contentious $77.9B operating budget and its impact on Washington's future, as Governor Bob Ferguson signed it ...
Washington state cuts back economic development program amid criticism of innovation approach
Joseph Williams onstage at the GeekWire Awards last month, accepting the Public Policy Champion award. Williams found out ...
Washington Gov. Ferguson signs state budget, secures funding for several Spokane projects
The budget enacts new cuts and taxes, but works to keep essential services intact for the state's vulnerable populations.