OLYMPIA… Today’s Senate vote on a final supplemental operating budget for the 2025-27 biennium gave Senate Republican budget leaders another opportunity to express their concerns about the inability of majority Democrats to restrain government spending. Like the...
On Tuesday, House Democrats passed the state income tax (Senate Bill 6346) after more than 24 hours of debate, ignoring the impact it will have on our economy and the essential fact that it is unconstitutional. They did so despite all the opposition from across the...
Senate Democrats passed their $80 billion operating budget Friday -- a budget that relies on: The hope that $801 million in appropriated money WON'T actually get spent $114 million in higher taxes, on top of the record $12.3 billion in state and local tax increases...
OLYMPIA… The budget leaders for the state’s Senate Republicans offered this assessment of the supplemental 2025-27 operating budget from majority Democrats, which will have a public hearing this afternoon before the Senate Ways and Means Committee. The proposal would...
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...
Session ends with long debate on $77.9 billion operating budget After long and heated debate, the majority passed the 2025-27 operating budget without a single Senate Republican vote. The document, which was released Saturday for a Sunday vote, is more than...
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...
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...
“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...
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”...
Republican budget leaders on Senate Democrats’ record-setting tax package "A new kind of March madness" OLYMPIA… Sen. Chris Gildon, R-Puyallup, and Sen. Nikki Torres, R-Pasco, offered this reaction to the $20 billion, four-year tax package proposed by the...
A common-sense budget No new taxes, no drastic cuts Senate Republicans announced a no-new-taxes budget this week to positive reviews. Sen. Chris Gildon, R-Puyallup, and Sen. Nikki Torres, R-Pasco, crafted a proof-of-concept budget to show...
