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

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

Sen. Chris Gildon, the upper chamber’s Republican budget lead, has been adamant that the budget can be balanced without ...

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

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

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

While state lawmakers propose a plan to address the $16 billion budget deficit, a local business leader says the taxes — and ...

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

Council tax has risen for millions of people from today as 90 per cent of households will see their bill increase by the maximum amount this month. From 1 April, the average annual band D bill ...

Council tax has risen for millions of people from today as 90 per cent of households will see their bill increase by the maximum amount this month. From 1 April, the average annual band D bill, the ...

A divided Washington State Senate on Saturday approved a hike in the state’s gas tax and a two-year budget that hinges on billions of dollars from new taxes on the state’s wealthiest residents ...

The state imposes an additional sales tax in the Regional Transit Authority’s jurisdiction. Last week’s study found that expanding those specific RTA sales taxes to services could generate an ...