To fend off WA taxes on businesses and personal wealth, Microsoft has spearheaded a lobbying campaign and pledged $1 million for a possible ballot measure.

Possible increases in property taxes and business and occupation taxes have garnered the lion’s share of headlines this ...

Discover the alternatives Washington Democrats propose after ditching the wealth tax meant to boost the state's budget.

Olympia Democrats want to compound the damage from tariffs.

Washington lawmakers are considering raising the state’s capital gains tax to offset the state's financial hurdles.

Ferguson, a Democrat, told reporters at a news event in the Governor’s Conference Room that in his view, both chambers’ plans ...

Gov. Bob Ferguson did not sign either the House or Senate budget proposals, citing concerns over untested wealth tax and ...

Majority Democrats in both chambers of the Washington State Legislature say a “wealth tax” proposal is dead this session.

Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson on Tuesday put the kibosh on Democratic lawmakers’ plans to use billions of dollars from a ...

There's been a lot of talk lately about taxing the wealthiest Americans more to bring more equity to the tax system in the U.S. and to raise additional revenue. The current administration ...

The legislation would get rid of the 1% revenue growth limit for regular property taxes, and allow that revenue to grow based ...

Washington’s wealthiest individuals ... But a drastically slimmed version of the so-called wealth tax won’t raise anywhere near what Democrats say is necessary to close a wide budget gap and stave off ...