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    Downbeat outlook persists in WA’s final budget forecast...
    By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard • November 20, 2025 5:12 am

    Washington state budget writers got a mild dose of good news on Nov. 18, but are still looking at a…

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    What’s next with investing WA’s long-term care fund...
    By Jerry Cornfield, Washington State Standard • November 19, 2025 5:12 am

    Voters decided this month to allow payroll taxes collected for Washington’s new long-term care program to be invested in the…

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    Washington state Sen. Noel Frame, D-Seattle, makes remarks during a Washington State Budget and Policy Center panel discussion on Nov. 12, 2025. Photo courtesy of Washington State Budget and Policy Center
    Legislature’s ‘Revenue Queen’ prepares for 2026 tax battles
    By Bill Lucia, Washington State Standard • November 18, 2025 5:12 am

    Democratic state Sen. Noel Frame traces her interest in tax policy to her time as a teenager in the 1990s,…

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    Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson speaks to Andi Smith of the Ballmer Group after the announcement of a major new philanthropic donation to fund early childhood education on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, at the Denise Louie Education Center in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Jake Goldstein-Street/Washington State Standard)
    Philanthropy will donate millions for free preschool in...
    By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard • November 14, 2025 5:12 am

    The Ballmer Group on Nov. 12 committed hundreds of millions of dollars for free preschool in Washington, a massive philanthropic…

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    Security company drops lawsuit over new WA tax
    By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard • November 13, 2025 5:12 am

    A security company has dropped its lawsuit over Washington’s new sales tax on services weeks after filing it.

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Washington State Capitol Building in Olympia.
    Fight over counting mail-in ballots after Election Day...
    By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard • November 12, 2025 5:12 am

    The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday took up a Republican-backed challenge to counting mail-in ballots received after Election Day.

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Washington State Capitol Building in Olympia.
    WA’s budget crunch affects lawmakers’ wish lists
    By Jerry Cornfield, Washington State Standard • November 10, 2025 5:12 am

    With the state strapped for cash, Democrats’ chief budget writer in the Washington Senate has told colleagues there’s no money…

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    WA makes pitch to feds for $1B in...
    By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard • November 7, 2025 5:12 am

    Washington is making its bid for a billion dollars in new federal funding for rural health care.

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Washington State Capitol Building in Olympia.
    Expected slide in WA unemployment trust fund balance...
    By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard • November 5, 2025 5:12 am

    Washington businesses would need to shoulder roughly $700 million in additional taxes in a few years unless the projected finances…

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    Voters to decide if WA Cares tax dollars...
    By Jerry Cornfield, Washington State Standard • November 4, 2025 5:12 am

    The first item on every Washington voter’s ballot is a proposal to add a few lines to the state constitution…

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    WA Democrats look at imposing income tax on...
    By Jerry Cornfield, Washington State Standard • November 3, 2025 5:12 am

    Democratic state senators are eyeing an income tax on millionaires as they seek to overcome Washington’s persisting budget shortfall.

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    Family caregivers feeling squeezed in Washington, report finds
    By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard • October 31, 2025 5:12 am

    Roughly half of the more than 1.3 million family caregivers in Washington have been set back financially due to their…

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    The Auburn Food Bank at 2806 Auburn Way N. provides nourishment for people in need. File photo
    WA directs state dollars to food banks as...
    By Jake Goldstein-Street, Washington State Standard • October 30, 2025 5:12 am

    Washington state will give food banks $2.2 million per week as they deal with the potential end of food stamp…

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