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Continued revenue reform is necessary to responsibly “reboot” Washington’s...
Earlier this month, The Seattle Times published an editorial calling for harmful austerity in the 2027–2029 Washington State operating budget, cheering Governor Bob Ferguson’s plans to propose big...
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Washingtonians disapprove of the cuts to education that the Legislature made...
The recent decision by the Washington State Legislature and Governor Bob Ferguson to close a revenue shortfall by making substantial cuts to education in the 2026 supplemental operating budget is...
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Rob McKenna’s tall tales can’t change Washington’s fiscal reality:...
The never-ending clash over Washington’s finances got a fresh jolt this month when former Democratic Governor Christine Gregoire, speaking at a spring summit held by the Association of Washington...
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Washington State’s budget has been shrinking, not growing, despite statements...
To truly understand public finance at any level requires context, discipline, and intellectual honesty, yet these qualities are too often absent from conversations about our federal, state, and local...
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Citing internal polling, Tim Eyman publicly urges Brian Heywood to wait until...
It would be a big mistake for Washington’s right wing to try to force a statewide vote on the state’s new million dollar earners tax in the November 2026 midterm election. That’s what disgraced former...
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Washington’s million-dollar earners tax will provide sorely-needed funding...
This morning in Olympia, Governor Bob Ferguson is set to sign Senate Bill 6346, which will establish a historic million-dollar earners tax in Washington, making the state’s long regressive tax code...
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VICTORY! Washington State House approves million-dollar earners tax after...
Tonight, after a grueling floor debate that went on for more than twenty-four hours, a majority in the Washington State House of Representatives voted to levy a 9.9% income tax on million-dollar...
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Bills on the Move: Senate concurs in changes to SB 5974, House starts debate...
It’s the final week of the 2026 regular legislative session in Olympia. Here’s a rundown of NPI priority bills that are on the move. SB 5974 (updating and strengthening qualifications and...
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NPI and 114 fellow organizations team up with Senator Elizabeth Warren,...
Today, we at the Northwest Progressive Institute are proud to stand in solidarity with a hundred and fourteen fellow organizations in support of new federal legislation introduced by Senator Elizabeth...
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Sign-ins on state bills aren’t scientific evidence of public opinion, but...
This past weekend, Democratic State Senator Victoria Hunt of the 5th Legislative District received some unusual and unexpected news. Her name, she discovered, had been fraudulently entered — twice —...
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Five more claims against the million-dollar earners’ tax that don’t check...
Republican legislators yesterday leveled a barrage of familiar arguments against the Senate Democratic majority’s proposal to create a million-dollar earners’ tax, grousing about runaway spending,...
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In hearing on million-dollar earners tax, Republicans serve up a litany of...
Yesterday, on my way home from a conference in sunny Arizona, I tuned in to the Ways & Mean Committee’s hearing on Senate Bill 6346, the Democratic legislation that would levy a 9.9% income tax on...
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Washington’s House and Senate Democrats unveil first public draft of...
Democratic legislative leaders in Washington today published the first public draft of a bill that would establish a new major source of progressive revenue for the state treasury in the coming years,...
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NPI urges Washington State Legislature’s fiscal committees to avoid austerity...
Editor’s Note: These are Andrew’s unabridged remarks as prepared for delivery; a shorter version was delivered to the committees due to time limits. Good evening. For the record, I’m Andrew...
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National, state leaders speak out after Fed Chair Jerome Powell warns central...
Yesterday evening, the head of the institution that sets American monetary policy published an extraordinary video statement disclosing that Donald Trump’s underlings have initiated a phony criminal...
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Twelve ideas for recovering revenue that would allow Washington to avoid...
Merry Christmas, Washington! As the Feast of the Nativity begins, and other winter holidays like Kwanzaa and New Year’s draw near, we at the Northwest Progressive Institute are delighted to bring you...
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Governor Bob Ferguson endorses millionaires’ tax on high earners, unveils...
Washington’s chief executive is ready to make a big push to progressively rebalance the state’s upside down tax code over the long term, despite favoring cuts and a rainy day fund withdrawal as the...
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Governor Bob Ferguson’s supplemental transportation budget for 2026 offers...
Today in Lacey, Governor Bob Ferguson unveiled his proposed supplemental transportation budget for the 2026 session and called on the Legislature to join him in recommitting to the basics, including...
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Washingtonians want legislators and Governor Ferguson to balance the state...
Despite an avalanche of evidence that voters across Washington are deeply concerned about cuts to essential public services and overwhelmingly supportive of balancing our tax code with new progressive...
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Donald Trump and congressional Republicans just shut down much of the federal...
Donald Trump and his party have complete control of the federal government — the presidency, the House of Representatives, the Senate, the Supreme Court, and many of the lower courts — but despite...
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