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Lawmakers have a menu of options to fund community priorities

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Black Well-Being: Moving Toward Solutions Together

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How the Capital Gains Tax Supports Communities

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It’s time to reform WA’s harmful system of fines and fees

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WA Supreme Court Should Uphold the Capital Gains Tax

The Stranger

WA’s low-income tax credit, established in 2008, available for first time

Seattle Times

Editorial: Fund could break inequitable cycle of poverty

Everett Herald

Tackling Poverty with Misha Werschkul of the Budget and Policy Center

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Equitable new revenue is the only path to a just state budget

Revenue forecast shows lawmakers must get serious about raising taxes on ultra-wealthy

By Andy Nicholas | March 21, 2023

Washington courts shouldn’t be funded off the backs of people who can’t pay fines and fees

By Evan Walker & Melinda Young-Flynn | March 07, 2023

It’s well past time to channel more funding to communities

By Andy Nicholas | February 27, 2023

Legislators must eliminate youth fines and fees

By Evan Walker | February 22, 2023