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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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Capital Gains Tax Ruling

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Washington Supreme Court upholds effort to balance tax code

Associated Press

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

Seattle Times

Tackling Poverty with Misha Werschkul of the Budget and Policy Center

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House and Senate budget proposals address criminal legal system impacts

Lawmakers should adopt funding proposals that get us closer to important reforms

By Evan Walker | April 14, 2023

House budget makes a stronger push for economic security than the Senate

By Tracy Yeung | April 06, 2023

Huge victory for tax justice

March 24, 2023

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

By Andy Nicholas | March 21, 2023

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