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Vancouver votes to increase sales tax in effort to increase public safety
Vancouver's 6-1 council vote raises sales tax one-tenth of 1 percent for police hiring and public defense.
Letter: ‘I do not think that 9.9 percent on income above a million dollars is much of a reform’
…dent Anthony Teso argues I-645 would permanently ban income taxes while leaving sales tax obligations intact.
Clark County Council mulling a raise to the sales tax to go toward affordable housing
Clark County Council is considering a one-tenth of a percent sales tax increase to fund affordable housing, with Councilor Michelle Belkot opposing the plan unless voters approve it. A public h…
City of Battle Ground approves street funding
…rdinance 22-05; enacting a Transportation Benefit District, sales and use tax of 0.1 percent.
County Council schedules hearing to put safety sales tax on August primary election ballot
…hedule the hearing on the resolution that would authorize a sales and use tax of one-tenth of 1 percent to fund law and justice expenses, including body worn cameras, staffing for the Sheriff’s Office…
Opinion: Major sales tax cut proposed by Senate Democratic Majority Caucus vice chair
Proposed cut would reduce the state’s sales tax by a full 1 percent, taking the tax rate down from 6.5 percent to 5.5 percent.