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

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

Olympia Democrats want to compound the damage from tariffs.

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

Microsoft is intensifying its opposition to proposed taxes in Washington state with additional funding. The Redmond, ...

Washington state Democrats have so thoroughly mismanaged the state’s budget that they are now planning to jack up taxes by $12 billion over the next few years.

Olympia Democrats want to compound the damage from tariffs.

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

After Gov. Ferguson said he would veto a “wealth tax,” Democratic legislators proposed expanding capital gains, business and ...

With just 10 days remaining in session, majority party Democrats in the Washington State Legislature have yet to reveal their final budget proposals.

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

Dozens of large corporations in western Washington signed a letter on April 2 to urge state lawmakers to avoid new taxes, including a wealth tax, in the next budget. The letter, addressed to Gov.