Lawmakers are also debating 5% payroll for the state's largest companies and changes to the 1% property tax cap as Democrats ...

The governor, however, said he’d be “open to a conversation” about testing a small wealth tax in Washington to see if it can ...

Washington Governor Bob Ferguson said he wouldn’t sign a budget that relies on the wealth tax proposed by his fellow ...

Top households are grabbing a larger share of the nation's wealth, a trend experts say could accelerate due to tax cuts and ...

Gov. Ferguson said he would veto any spending package with a wealth tax, but may have opened the door for other tax proposals ...

Ferguson, a Democrat, told reporters at a news event in the Governor’s Conference Room that in his view, both chambers’ plans ...

Gov. Bob Ferguson will not sign either the House or Senate budget proposals, citing concerns over untested wealth tax and ...

During a Thursday morning public hearing, the House Finance Committee heard testimony – both for and against – on three tax ...

Washington's top firms warn that proposed taxes could harm the state’s economy, urging lawmakers to reconsider their approach ...

How much Washington should raise in new tax revenue and who will pay is something state lawmakers and Gov. Bob Ferguson will hash out in the final weeks of the legislative session.

Vigdor is a professor at the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance with a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard. He said ...

"No matter what the lobby groups who don't want to tax wealth will tell us, it is not going to be a problem for wealthy ...