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(The Center Square) – The president and chairman of HD Fowler has announced he will resign after testifying in favor of a proposed income tax currently moving through the Washington State Legislature. Senate Bill 6346 would enact a 9.9% tax on annual personal income exceeding $1 million for individuals and households. The bill cleared the state Senate earlier this month in a 27-22 vote and was voted out of the House Committee on Finance on
(The Center Square) – No-cost insurance coverage for vaccines in Washington state will soon hinge on a recommendation from the Department of Health rather than federal guidance under a bill passed by the Legislature on Thursday, as the Trump administration narrows childhood immunization schedules. The legislation came at the request of Gov. Bob Ferguson, who argues that federal vaccine guidance is becoming politicized under the Trump administration. Last month, the Centers for Disease Control and
(The Center Square) – A Washington state bill that would dissolve a pension plan created in the 1960s and closed to new members in 1977 took a barrage of criticism during a Feb. 26 public hearing in the Senate Ways & Means, with opponents arguing the proposal is both illegal and threatens other plans. Under House Bill 2034 sponsored by Rep. Timm Ormsby, D-Spokane, Law Enforcement Officer and Fire Fighter Plan 1 would be dissolved,
(The Center Square) – Democratic lawmakers in Washington state are moving closer to repealing a 2025 law that raised the state’s top estate tax rate to 35%, the highest in the nation. Senate Bill 6347, introduced in early February, has already cleared the full Senate. On Thursday, the legislation received its first hearing in the House Finance Committee. “This is a very straightforward adjustment to our estate tax,” said bill sponsor Sen. Claudia Kauffman, D-Kent.
