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Op-Ed: Citizens are fleeing bad policy – here’s the proof

The latest Census migration data tell a clear and consistent story: people are voting with their feet. In King County, Washington’s largest population center and economic hub, domestic migration has been negative for years. Between 2023 and 2024 alone, the county lost 12,501 residents to other parts of the United States. The following year, another 9,079 left. Since 2020, the cumulative loss has reached more than 95,000 people. This is not a one-year anomaly. It

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WATCH: WA income tax signed into law with legal challenge right behind

(The Center Square) – Washington Governor Bob Ferguson signed the income tax bill into law Monday — as opponents ready a legal challenge. “It’s a historic day for Washingtonians,” Ferguson said during a Monday morning bill signing, flanked by about a hundred mostly union supporters who were given pro-income tax signs to carry during the event. Supporters of the so-called millionaires’ tax of 9.9% on annual income or combined household income above that threshold each

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Ferguson set to sign millionaires’ tax; opposing litigants ready

(The Center Square) – On the same day Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson is signing the income tax bill into law, opponents have announced they are filing a legal challenge. Former Attorney General Rob McKenna is leading efforts for the Citizen Action Defense Fund, a nonprofit billing itself as “helping to ensure that state and local governments play by the rules and that the public’s constitutional rights are protected.” The nonprofit says the proposal expected to

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Wilson wants new Seattle taxes for big business and the wealthy

(The Center Square) – Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson is considering new taxes on large businesses and wealthy individuals. Wilson told a community forum on Friday night that the taxes could help fill a gap in the city’s 2027 budget, which has been estimated at up to $140 million. “And my team is very hard at work looking for progressive revenue options, taxing the rich, taxing big business in a way that we think will be

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