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The real fight over the income tax begins

Plus the AG goes after Kalshi, a megachurch's play in the 12th, and a loss for LGBTQ rights

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Mar 31, 2026
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As he signed Washington’s first income tax law in nearly 100 years, Gov. Bob Ferguson took great pains to remind everyone that the “millionaire’s tax” as written doesn’t apply to anyone who isn’t pulling down seven figures a year.

But the bill’s sponsor, Senate Majority Leader Jamie Pedersen, who was the biggest winner of the year in this year’s legislat…

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