Dear Friends and Neighbors, The unconstitutional income tax (Senate Bill 6346) proposed by Democrats this week will be heard in the Senate Ways & Means Committee at 1:30 p.m. meeting this TODAY in Senate Hearing Room 4 of the John A. Cherberg Building on...
Watch Sen. Keith Wagoner give the Republican perspective after the governor's State of the State speech today. Can the majority live within its means? As the governor delivered his annual State of the State address earlier this week, we were reminded...
No matter how many times the governor said it in his news conference and no matter how many times the press repeats Democrat talking points... The TRUE budget shortfall number was never higher than $7.5 billion. The nonpartisan legislative staff with...
Silence: Still no word on budget negotiations How much will the 2025-27 operating budget increase state spending and taxes? How much will the 2025-27 operating budget increase state spending and taxes? That's a good question. We're not sure yet...
Areas outside Seattle will see an increase of nearly 20% next year and 55% over the next 6 years. OLYMPIA…Contrary to news-media reports indicating the Legislature’s majority Democrats have abandoned their push for higher property taxes, House Bill 2049 would...
Republicans provide a no-new-tax budget option Democrats ignore our fiscally sound approach It's official. The Senate Republican operating budget proposal known as $ave Washington is now an official bill and could easily be adopted by the Legislature. Senate...
Addition of even MORE taxes will double what you'll pay! In response to the record opposition to the BILLIONS in new and higher taxes Democrats plan to implement this year, they decided to DOUBLE DOWN by more than doubling the number of tax...
WATCH: Sen. John Braun telling it like it is on property taxes and rent control Senate Republican Leader John Braun tells us how it really is with the majority's effort to: Remove the annual growth rate cap on your property taxes (SB 5798) so government...
OLYMPIA…Today, majority Democrats in the Washington State Senate passed a misguided rent-control bill they claim will address the state’s critical shortage of affordable housing. Senate Republican Leader John Braun, R-Centralia, voted against House Bill 1217, as did...
“Regular people” will share personal impacts of bill to remove cap from annual property tax growth rate OLYMPIA — The Washington State Senate Republican Caucus will hold a news conference to oppose continued efforts by majority Democrats to eliminate the 1% cap...
"Sometimes we need to tell our friends hard truths." Earlier this week, the governor announced at a press conference that he will not sign any version of an operating budget that does not meet the following requirements: Protects the "rain-day fund" Is...
OLYMPIA… The state Senate’s majority Democrats today passed a $78.6 billion operating budget that relies on the largest tax increase in state history, after rejecting the smaller, no-new-taxes, no-cuts budget proposed by Senate Republicans. The “$ave Washington”...
