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SRC On Air: MARKETPLACE: As state unemployment trust funds empty, employers face soaring taxes, featuring Sen. Curtis King

By tracyellis | Published on March 26, 2021

Sen. Curtis King: “You have businesses all around the state that are just hanging on by the skin of their teeth, doing everything they possibly can to keep their doors open. It would just take more of these businesses down, and they would never be able to reopen again.”

 

VIDEO: KOMO: Sen. King on Inslee signing bill to raise unemployment benefit, freeze taxes paid by businesses

By tracyellis | Published on February 08, 2021

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee signed an unemployment insurance bill to help businesses and workers affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

Sen. Curtis King says businesses that are barely hanging on need this legislation.