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• Eyman, Fagans want public vote on tax hikes

  April 25, 2013 in City on Page A7 OLYMPIA – Unable to ask voters again to approve an initiative that requires a supermajority for tax increases, a group of self-described tax fighters will try to prod the Legislature … 6

• Schools, taxes top Inslee proposal

  March 29, 2013 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Temporary tax increases on beer and some business services should be made permanent, and a variety of existing tax breaks should be eliminated to raise an extra $1.2 … 123

• Inslee wants coal ports, trains studied

  January 18, 2013 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – State and federal agencies studying potential impacts of a new coal terminal near Bellingham must consider the increased train traffic in Spokane and other cities around the state, … 26

• New vote may be needed on tuition hikes

  January 10, 2013 in City, Region An informal opinion from the Washington attorney general’s office says lawmakers may need to take another vote on whether the state’s public universities can set their own tuition rates.

• Despite deal, taxes to rise for most Americans

  January 2, 2013 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — While the tax package that Congress passed New Year’s Day will protect 99 percent of Americans from an income tax increase, most of them will still end up … 69

• Obama wants Medicare changes, tax increases

  April 13, 2011 in News Forcefully rejecting Republican budget-cutting plans, President Barack Obama on Wednesday proposed lowering the nation’s future deficits by $4 trillion over a dozen years and vowed he would not allow benefit … 66

• ‘Impasse’ endures amid budget talks

  March 24, 2010 in City on Page A5 OLYMPIA – Most legislators took a couple days of “rolling recess” this week, staying away from the Capitol while their leaders tried to bridge the two opposing views on solving … 1

• Gregoire lays out tax plan

  February 18, 2010 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – Washington should tax candy, bottled water and soda, and raise taxes on toxic substances like petroleum as part of a “balanced approach” to the worst economic times in … 8

• Senators wrangle into night on I-960

  February 11, 2010 in City on Page A1 OLYMPIA – The Senate was forced to work late into the night to fix a self-inflicted problem in the Democrats’ key bill thus far this legislative session. After voting Tuesday … 8

• Panel OKs tax increase reform

  February 9, 2010 in City on Page A6 OLYMPIA – A plan that would make it easier to raise taxes cleared a key Senate panel Monday and is ready for its first full floor debate. Republicans on the … 3