Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson backs an income tax. Will it finally gain traction 94 years after voters once backed it?

Ahead of the November 1932 election, organizers in Washington gathered enough signatures to place an initiative on the ballot ...
The Daily World on MSN

How does Washington state’s short session budget work?

Although congressional lawmakers in Washington, D.C. are allowed to run with a budget shortfall, state lawmakers in this ...

Washington state budget: A spending problem?

The question is whether this state budget shortfall is the result of insufficient tax revenue, or whether spending reductions ...
Hosted on MSN

Fiscal fallout: Washington state government spending surges 116% since 2015

(The Center Square) – Washington state faces deficit spending by 2028 as lawmakers just hit taxpayers with the state's largest combined tax increase – all driven by massive state spending increases ...
komonews

Govt. shutdown impacts: federal workers without pay, SNAP funding at risk of running out

WASHINGTON STATE — The government shutdown has entered its 25th day with no end in sight, leaving tens of thousands of federal workers in Washington state with empty paychecks this week. Bill Cooke, a ...
The Columbian

WA State Parks says budget cuts won’t undermine visitor access or services this summer

Though Washington State Parks, like other parts of state government, did not make it through this year’s legislative session with its budget unscathed, park visitors shouldn’t notice any staffing or ...
The Columbian

WA’s new resident portal promises easier access to state services

Rep. Monica Stonier, D-Vancouver, is interviewed by Washington's public affairs network, TVW, during session in Olympia, Wash., on Tuesday, April 9, 2019. (Alisha Jucevic/The Columbian) For Washington ...