(The Center Square) – If you lower a state income tax rate, the state brings in far more income tax revenue. At least that’s the finding of a new report from Mountain States Policy Center (MSPC) on Idaho’s income tax. “This is something that those of us in the free-market movement have been talking about for years,” said Chris Cargill, founder and president of MSPC. “We have evidence from the past of the federal government
(The Center Square) – Residents in the Ballard section of Seattle are mobilizing to save the light rail link they voted for a decade ago with their wallets. A rally and walk Sunday along part of the proposed route of the Ballard light rail extension was attended by hundreds who demanded that the station be saved from the chopping block. Sound Transit officials are considering axing the Ballard station, 5.8 miles from downtown Seattle, from
(The Center Square) – California Attorney General Rob Bonta has announced an unredacted version of his motion for a preliminary injunction against Amazon. In 2022, the Office of the Attorney General announced a lawsuit against the company for “stifling competition and causing increased prices.” Earlier this year, Bonta filed a preliminary injunction to immediately stop Amazon from engaging in illegal price fixing. During a livestream announcement Monday, Bonta said Amazon has “strong-armed vendors” into raising
(The Center Square) – Eight Snohomish firefighters are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to clarify what an employer is required to prove under federal law before denying a religious accommodation for vaccines. Several attorneys filed a petition last Thursday, asking the court to review a 2024 Ninth Circuit ruling siding with Snohomish Regional Fire & Rescue. The agency denied the firefighters’ vaccine exemptions during the COVID-19 pandemic, arguing that granting them would have caused SRFR
