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It was funding that killed the Columbia River Crossing. The original Interstate 5 Bridge replacement project was already embroiled in controversy, but the killing blow came when the Washington Senate adjourned without approving the state’s portion of the project funding in 2013. ....
Democrats scored one victory after another over the course of this year’s 105-day legislative session, as lawmakers in the majority party eschewed incremental change in favor of sweeping, long-sought goals. ....
share Clark County Today’s John Ley shares his thoughts on the difference between Gov. Jay Inslee’s words and his actions In politics, a lot of words are often used to describe legislation that may or may not match the real impacts of bills that become law. Over the weekend, Washington Democrats passed a new capital gains income tax and two new carbon taxes. Sen. Lynda Wilson (Republican, 17th District) said: “If you like a budget that is harder on people with lower incomes and people in marginalized communities, and sneaks a billion dollars out of the rainy-day fund into a slush fund, then the Democrat budget is a winner. ....
Washington state closed its legislative session with massive, watered-down wins. by Rich Smith • Apr 29, 2021 at 11:25 am Weaknesses can be strengthened next year, though, so long as Democrats maintain their majority then stuff should be fine. YINYANG / GETTY At a press conference over the weekend Democrats hailed the 2021 Legislative session as historic, declaring an end to incremental change in state politics. Meanwhile, at their own press conference, Republicans did what they have become accustomed to doing: they licked their wounds, promised a backlash at the ballot box, and tried to frame the hybrid session as a hyper-partisan nightmare exacerbated by remote work. As we all know, real legislation only happens when people look each other in the eyes. The constituents and politicians file in, they stare each other down, they file out, and suddenly a bill is born. Eyeball lawmaking, as it s known ar ....
Cleveland takes wait-and-see stance on capital gains tax vote Published: April 22, 2021, 7:32pm Share: Speaker of the House Laurie Jinkins, D-Tacoma, left, presides over a session of the House, with most representatives attending remotely, on Wednesday at the Capitol in Olympia. Lawmakers were considering a proposed new tax on capital gains that would be imposed on the sale of stocks and bonds in excess of $250,000. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) Sen. Annette Cleveland, D-Vancouver, said Thursday that she’s unsure how she’ll vote on a revised version of the bill that would establish a capital gains tax in Washington. Senate Bill 5096 passed the state’s House of Representatives 52-46 Wednesday afternoon following two days of debate, bringing Democrats one step closer to their long-sought objective of reforming the state’s famously regressive tax code. ....