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(The Center Square) – Whether or not the Seattle Seahawks are sold after Super Bowl LX remains to be seen, but the timing of such speculation comes shortly after the details of an income-based “jock tax” on professional athletes in Washington state went public. A proposed 9.9% “millionaire’s income tax” being worked on by majority-party Democrats in Washington state, if enacted, would include a component that would force high-earning visiting athletes and performers to pay
(The Center Square) – The Spokane City Council proposed establishing “immigration enforcement free zones” on Monday, one day after the Trump administration planned to cut funding for sanctuary cities. The term lacks an official legal definition, but sanctuary jurisdictions essentially prohibit state and local law enforcement from assisting or cooperating with federal immigration enforcement. President Donald Trump told reporters last month that he would cut federal funding to sanctuary cities beginning Feb. 1. Spokane passed
(The Center Square) – Amazon is cutting approximately 2,200 corporate roles from the Seattle area as part of the company’s broader 16,000-person global layoff, according to a filing with the state Employment Security Department. Of the nearly 2,200 employees laid off in the Jan. 30 Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, or WARN, filing, more than 1,400 were based in Seattle, more than 600 in Bellevue, and the rest, including some based remotely, were spread across
(The Center Square) – During a recent public hearing, no one testified in opposition to legislation aimed at stopping the implementation of a “luxury” aircraft tax, and yet the bill (HB 2347) is not expected to advance. Legislation in 2025 (SB 5801) sponsored by Washington state Sen. Marko Liias, D-Edmonds, and signed into law imposes a 10% sales and use tax on the sale or lease of non-commercial aircraft valued above $500,000. The tax kicks
