Washington lawmakers propose redirecting sales tax to support bikes, buses, and trains amid budget challenges.

The BriefWashington Democrats released a new set of tax proposals in an effort to close the state's multi-billion-dollar ...

The Redmond, Wash.-based tech giant has pledged $1 million to a new PAC called Washington Coalition for Responsible Taxes and ...

This would eat from the state's budget at a rate of $1.3 billion a year. Under the proposal, sales tax would be reduced from 6.5% to 6%. In their proposal, Senate Dems cited Washington's ...

The plan cobbles together a range of hikes, including on businesses, capital gains, and property. A question now is whether ...

State income taxes, like those at the federal level, are self-assessed, with individuals filing a tax return to the ... housing affordability. Washington has a 6.5% sales tax, an average local ...

Senate Democratic budget leaders released their revenue proposal for the state’s ... lifting caps on property tax hikes and lowering the statewide sales tax. Washington is one of a handful ...

The last time Washington increased its gas tax was in 2016, with a 4.9-cent hike. Under the Senate plan, 0.3% of the state sales tax would be shifted to the transportation budget. Other new ...