In the last days of the 2025 legislative session, Washington State lawmakers are scrambling to pass a gas tax that would even ...

The plan cobbles together a range of hikes, including on businesses, capital gains, and property. A question now is whether ...

Gov. Bob Ferguson said earlier this month that he wouldn’t sign a budget that relied on a large, “untested” new wealth tax.

Olympia Democrats want to compound the damage from tariffs.

Moving away from a politically unpopular tax on the state's richest people, lawmakers float a different way to balance the ...

Washington’s legislators have less than two weeks to reconcile the budget and avoid a special session. Here is a quick overview of some of the ...

A new bill proposal would increase Washington’s capital gains tax by adding a 2.9% surtax on annual investment profits over ...

For more than 100 years, roads and bridges in Washington state have been paid for with gas taxes. But thanks to more ...

Washington lawmakers propose redirecting sales tax to support bikes, buses, and trains amid budget challenges.

If the phrase “tax-exempt ... said Washington Treasurer Mike Pellicciotti. “It’s every level of government — fire districts, school districts, library districts — at the state, the ...

During the following legislative session, several WA state lawmakers expressed their desire to expand legal sports betting options to non-tribal casinos. The Snoqualmie tribe opened the state's ...

Washington state lawmakers have approved different transportation-funding plans that include fuel tax increases.