After years of a few lawmakers flirting with the idea of a state income tax, key lawmakers now say they're seriously considering it as a way to help the cash-strapped state budget in the long term. A possible state income tax on people earning $500,000 or more a year, would mean that 19 out of 20 people in Washington state would not be affected at all, said Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown, D-Spokane. ...We don't want people who are middle class families or struggling even more than that to ...
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