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Transportation commission wants all Washington roads to be toll roads
In a report submitted to Gov. Jay Inslee and the Washington Legislature, the Washington State Transportation Commission proposed a new tax scheme to replace falling fuel tax revenues.
Campaign to attract new sports officials is working
…icials Association is seeing an increase in its roster, and state officials say that numbers are growing in many sports throughout Washington.
Bill would allow local gun control in Washington state
…pting laws that are in addition to or more restrictive than state law.
Opinion: The number is in: 484,704 apply to get out of payroll tax headed workers’ way, meeting deadline
Elizabeth Hovde of the Washington Policy Center offers her latest take on information about the long-term-care issue in Washington state.
Rep. Stephanie McClintock introduces bipartisan legislation to ease occupational licensing regulations
…with bipartisan support designed to increase job growth in Washington state.
Washington Legislature may include disputed capital gains tax revenue in state budget
Gov. Jay Inslee’s $70.4 billion budget proposal assumes $1.4 billion in revenue from the capital gains income tax that lawmakers passed and the governor signed into law in 2021.
Opinion: Prepare to make less money than expected: PFML payroll tax doubles in 2023
Elizabeth Hovde of the Washington Policy Center believes lawmakers should stop digging a PFML hole, admit the program harms more workers than it helps, and let wor…
Washington bipartisan panel recommends margin tax, expanding local property tax limits
In 2017, the state Legislature established the group to examine the state’s current tax structure with the goal of making the state’s taxes more transpar…
Prospective students invited to Preview Day at WSU Vancouver
Prospective college students are invited to Washington State University Vancouver’s Preview Day at 10 a.m. Sat., Jan. 21.
Transportation Commission to hear I-5 bridge, tolling technology and airport study updates
The upcoming Jan. 18 and 19 meeting of the Washington State Transportation Commission will cover several topics including the Interstate 5 bridge replacement project, emerging tolling…
POLL: Should the state Attorney General’s office invalidate the $17 billion ‘Move Ahead Washington’ transportation package?
Should the state Attorney General’s office invalidate the $17 billion ‘Move Ahead Washington’ transportation package?
Government watchdog group threatens litigation over Washington’s 2022 transportation package
Washington-state-based Citizen Action Defense Fund says a bill passed by the state Legislature last year as part of an ambitious transportat…