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(The Center Square) – Members of the House Finance Committee on Tuesday held another contentious and lengthy public hearing on a proposed income tax for Washington state. Senate Bill 6346, also known as the “millionaire’s tax,” proposes a 9.9% tax on personal income exceeding $1 million annually for individuals and households. If passed, the new income tax would take effect on Jan. 1, 2028, with the first payments due in April 2029, although legal challenges
(The Center Square) – Federal prosecutors announced charges against six individuals on Monday after they allegedly transported hundreds of farmworkers to Washington state under fraudulent H-2A visas. The first case involves a 10-count indictment announced by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Washington against two individuals from Yakima. The second involves a 51-count indictment against four other defendants, three from Tri-Cities and one from Yakima, over similar allegations. Marshals are still attempting
Elected officials have struggled to come to terms with the causes of Washington’s housing crisis. No matter how many promises are made in Olympia, the problem persists. Prices keep going up, and the state falls further behind in building homes to support our growing population. If anyone was expecting relief this year, think again; leaders in Olympia have joined forces with President Donald Trump on housing policy, a concept that only promises more broken housing
(The Center Square) – A Washington state bill that would expand the investigative powers of the State Attorney General’s Office cleared the Senate Law & Justice Committee, but only after it was amended to narrow its scope. It still received pushback from some committee members concerned with granting more investigative authority within the state’s top prosecutor’s office. “The concern is that the Attorney General’s Office can’t be both the investigator and the prosecutor,” Sen. Phil
