Is it a “spending problem?” This year, budget writers in Olympia are contending with a $12 billion shortfall in the state budget. Speaker Jinkins’ self-described “wonky take” on this question covers the unpredictability of revenue growth when balancing the state budget over four years, and how Washington’s regressive tax structure falls heaviest on working families and households with the lowest incomes.
With H.R. 1, the federal government has created a disaster with regards to health care access and affordability, food assistance, and more here in...
The House spent 26 hours debating passage of a Millionaires Tax on Monday and Tuesday this week, with the bill finally passing late Tuesday...
Another US citizen was killed by federal agents in Minnesota last week, and communities here and across the country are living in fear from...