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Opinion: Worker penalty gets steeper in 2027 with PFML’s 6.2% tax-rate increase
Washington's PFML payroll tax rises to 1.2% of gross wages in 2027, a 6.2% increase from last year and triple the program's 2019 starting rate.
Opinion: Who speaks for Washington state’s workers? Workers themselves
Only 19.4% of Washington wage and salary workers were represented by unions in 2025, yet unions are funding major ballot initiative campaigns.
Letter: Stop Washington's judicial tyranny
…ing erasing Initiative 2066 proves voters need to elect new justices.
Opinion: Get to know the Supreme Court justice candidates
Washington Policy Center partnered with the Ruckelshaus Center to host debates for five open Washington Supreme Court seats.
Opinion: When the court cancels the voters
Lewallen argues six justices erased I-2066, clearing the path for gas bans that could cost Clark County homeowners $20,000 to $40,000.
WA high court tosses natural gas measure approved by voters
The WA Supreme Court struck down I-2066 in a 6-3 ruling, finding it covered four distinct subjects in violation of the single-subject rule.
Clark County Sheriff John Horch endorses Proposition 12 and Proposition 13
…es to expand the 519-bed Clark County Jail and fund law-and-justice staffing.
Opinion: WFSE demands a ‘fair’ contract — but workers and taxpayers can’t see the numbers
…tate workers nor taxpayers can evaluate what is "fair" when wage proposals and their costs remain undisclosed.
Opinion: Workers need their wages more than the state's paid-leave program does
Washington's paid-leave payroll tax stands at 1.13% and is projected to hit its 1.2% cap by 2027, with some lawmakers eyeing a 2% rate.
‘Government edit’? Two lawsuits challenge state’s description of WA income tax measure
…al Washington's 9.9% income tax on individual and household wage income above $1 million.
Letter: ‘A city has to work before it can save the world’
Peter Bracchi argues Vancouver must restore misdemeanor justice capacity before pursuing other city priorities.
County Council votes to put bond, levy lid lift measures on general election ballot to fund law and justice services
Clark County voters will decide on a $366M bond and a levy lid lift to fund jail, courts, and sheriff needs.