Washington's quarterly revenue forecast in June showed yet another huge increase in tax revenue. This is $2.6 billion more than was previously expected when lawmakers wrote the 2021-23 budget earlier this year. We now have $2.6 billion reasons

Despite substantial state revenue growth, Gov. Jay Inslee is proposing a 9 percent income tax on capital gains. This is just one of several tax increases the governor is pushing for in his massive 2019-21 budget proposal.

With the 2014 election now certified, only one of the nine justices on the Washington State Supreme Court will be from Eastern Washington, Justice Debra Stephens. Had she not won her election, all of the state's Supreme Court justices would be from the