(The Center Square) - A Democratic lawmaker who voted in support of Washington’s new income tax said he didn't see anything scandalous in this week’s revelation of emails showing coordination between the office of Attorney General Nick Brown and crafters of the legislation for a “millionaires’ tax”. But he wants a discussion about a wider income tax that isn't just for people making more than $1 million a year.
(The Center Square) - Let's Go Washington filed a supplemental brief to the state Supreme Court for its lawsuit to force a referendum on the millionaire's tax that cited information The Center Square published in an exclusive story revealing Democrats' internal communications about the bill.
(The Center Square) - Washington Senate Minority Leader John Braun says documents obtained by The Center Square that reveal months of communication between the office of Attorney General Nick Brown and Sen. Jamie Pedersen, D-Seattle, the prime sponsor of the recently passed income tax law, demonstrate it was all about putting together a bill that would overturn nearly 100 years of legal precedent and keep voters out of the process.
(The Center Square) – The Washington attorney general and Democratic leaders plotted how to overturn a nearly century-old decision that banned income taxes in the state, writing they want to force the state Supreme Court to reconsider its 1933 decision, nearly 1,000 pages of public records obtained by The Center Square show.
