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VIDEO: How high taxes, regulations are crushing three Washington businesses
Three Washington business leaders say rising taxes and regulations are pushing expansion and relocation out of state.
Opinion: What the state's own data says about Superintendent Reykdal's budget claims
State data show real tax burden per resident rose roughly 44% since 2004, contradicting Reykdal's fiscal restraint claims.
Opinion: Supreme Court slate – Your primary vote may decide Washington’s future
…cy Churchill profiles four Republican-backed candidates for Washington Supreme Court seats ahead of the August 4 primary.
Kraken CEO warns that Washington state business leaders are eyeing exits
Kraken CEO Tod Leiweke says Washington businesses are actively discussing relocation out of state.
Opinion: UI fund has a government-made leak harming workers and their employers
…ted 642 weeks of UI benefits totaling nearly $506,000 under Washington's new law.
Opinion: Washington’s fading fiscal shine - how decades of uncontrolled spending are eroding the state's AAA credit rating
Moody's affirmed Washington's AAA rating but assigned a Negative Outlook, citing structural budget imbalances.
Opinion: Supreme Court Position 7 – Will they guard the dam, or let the tax flood through?
…es compete for the seat that will likely decide the fate of Washington's new state income tax.
Opinion: NFIB report shows Washington small businesses are feeling the pinch of labor costs, regulations and high taxes
Washington small businesses rank labor costs as their #2 problem — more than double the national rate.
DOJ threatens WA election officials with prosecution if noncitizens vote
DOJ's Harmeet Dhillon gave Washington's Secretary of State five days to respond on noncitizen voter compliance.
Penalties loom for Washington if state doesn’t improve food stamp error rates
Washington's 6.98% SNAP error rate triggers a potential $90M cost share under new federal law.
WA income tax foes file signatures to get repeal measure on ballot
Let's Go Washington submitted 511,408 signatures to repeal WA's 9.9% income tax on earnings above $1 million.
Washington governor, AG and state lawmakers get 7% pay hikes
Washington's salary commission awarded 7% raises to the governor, AG, and lawmakers — adding roughly $10,000 to legislative pay over two yea…