Today State Sen. Drew MacEwen, R-Shelton, issued a formal demand for an immediate special session of the Washington State Legislature to address the compounding effects of skyrocketing fuel prices, hidden utility taxes, and looming double-digit electricity rate hikes....
OLYMPIA… Leaders in the Senate Republican Caucus offered these reactions to today’s announcement by Gov. Bob Ferguson that he will support the proposed state income tax if a rewrite suggested by House Democrats is approved. From Senate Republican Leader John Braun, of...
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...
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...
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”...
SAY NO TO THE PROPERTY TAX INCREASE Property tax increase will be heard in the Ways & Means Committee meeting at 4 p.m., Monday, March 31. Don't let this bill out of committee. As part of the largest tax increase in Washington state history, 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...
Debates, votes and bad legislation...Oh my! The eighth week of this session was full of debates and votes on bad bills that made it to the Senate floor. The first bill listed below has passed in the Senate and is now under consideration in the House. The...
