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Update: Plans to tax the rich advancing in WA Legislature in 2021
Wealth tax, capital gains tax, payroll tax — what’s the difference? We break it down.
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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WA Supreme Court decides not to get involved in redistricting
After reviewing documents from the state Redistricting Commission, the court accepted its work, even though parts of it weren't finished on time.
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Critics call for reform of WA redistricting process after commission failure
The bipartisan panel's secretive negotiations and ultimate failure to approve new political maps has some questioning the process.
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A look at last-minute deal-making in WA redistricting negotiations
A few issues caused members of Washington's bipartisan commission to negotiate down to the wire, contributing to their failure to finish on time.
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A Q&A with Kim Wyman, departing WA secretary of state
Once she joins the Biden administration Monday, there will be no Republican statewide elected officials on the West Coast outside of Alaska.