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How Seattle's new payroll tax complicates efforts to enact one statewide
In considering a new statewide payroll tax, lawmakers want to avoid double-taxing Seattle businesses.
Melissa Santos
Melissa Santos is formerly a Crosscut staff reporter who covered state politics and the Legislature. She came to Crosscut from The Seattle Times editorial board, where she wrote columns and opinion pi
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Poll: WA voters are divided on new taxes to address COVID-19
In a new Crosscut/Elway poll, voters named the pandemic as the state’s No. 1 issue, but favored only 1 of 4 tax measures lawmakers are considering.
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Black-owned pot shops are rare in WA. Can a task force fix that?
A plan to bring social equity to the state's mostly white marijuana industry was delayed by COVID-19. Now, things are inching forward.