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NEWSLETTER: Democrats turn sheriffs into political pawns
Dear Friends and Neighbors, Community means teamwork, and in a county that experiences floods from time to time, we unfortunately know just how true that is. At the Packwood Improvement Club meeting last week, it was a time to pause and recognize the many people and organizations who stepped forward when rising waters disrupted lives...
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NEWSLETTER: No surprise – governor backs down from demand for $1.6 billion in tax relief
Dear Friends and Neighbors, Earlier today, Gov. Bob Ferguson announced that he supports the changes the House of Representatives has proposed to the income tax and will sign the bill if the House passes it. Senate Bill 6346 proposes an unconstitutional income tax — the kind of income tax Washingtonians have rejected repeatedly. It levies...
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NEWSLETTER: Budget proposals are out — what it means for you
Watch my weekly legislative update. Dear Friends and Neighbors, The Senate Democrats released their operating budget proposal this week. It’s not good for our state. If you remember, last year, Democrats responded to a $7 billion deficit in the state budget by approving a $12.3 billion package of state and local tax increases. This year,...
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Senate capital, transportation budget proposals include $70 million for Lewis County area
OLYMPIA…More than $70 million for projects in the 20th Legislative District is included in the Senate versions of the proposals for the 2025-27 supplemental capital and transportation budgets, which were released this week. Both budgets were cowritten by bipartisan teams and would pay for local priorities such as flood response, public-school modernization, and improvements to...
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NEWSLETTER: Income tax to be heard in the House Feb. 24 — sign in CON again
Watch my weekly legislative update video. Dear Friends and Neighbors, You might be tired of hearing about the income bill, and I am tired of talking about it. But this bill is so bad that we can’t stop talking about it until we stop the bill itself. WATCH MY WEEKLY UPDATE Senate Democrats passed...
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NEWSLETTER: Democrats pass 9.9% income tax, but wouldn’t restrict it to millionaires
Dear Friends and Neighbors, Once in a while, a legislator will refer to a bill that everyone supports as a “good little bill.” Today, however, Senate Democrats passed a big, bad bill — an unconstitutional state income tax. Misleadingly labeled a “millionaire’s tax,” Senate Bill 6346 levies a 9.9% tax on income. To start with,...
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