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Blog Post Budget and revenue in our state: What’s good and what’s bad By Mia Shigemura | August 26, 2025

Blog Post Guest post: The staggering cost to collect fees, fines, and restitution in Washington By Gus Patel-Tupper, University of California, Berkeley School of Law - January 24, 2025

Blog Post Monetary sanctions imposed by courts continue to cause harmful debt for people in our state By Molly Webster | December 12, 2024

Blog Post Fines and fees are a harmful and ineffective source of revenue for Washington courts By Molly Webster | June 18, 2024

Blog Post The 2024 legislative session’s small victories By Molly Webster | April 04, 2024

Blog Post Legislative budget proposals miss the mark By Molly Webster | February 29, 2024

Blog Post Governor’s proposed supplemental budget focuses on behavioral health and housing resources By Kaitie Dong & Evan Walker & Molly Webster & Tracy Yeung | January 18, 2024

Fact Sheet The Budget and Policy Center’s policy priorities December 21, 2023

Chart/Graphic Presentation: Legal Financial Obligations (LFOs) as fees and user charges December 20, 2023

Blog Post Final budget includes some key criminal legal system funding changes By Evan Walker | May 24, 2023

Brief/Report Building on progress: A snapshot of 2022 May 09, 2023

Blog Post House and Senate budget proposals address criminal legal system impacts By Evan Walker | April 14, 2023

Blog Post 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

Video/Webinar Testimony in support of technical fixes to Working Families Tax Credit (HB 1477) March 03, 2023

Blog Post Legislators must eliminate youth fines and fees By Evan Walker | February 22, 2023

Video/Webinar Testimony in support of the Wealth Tax (HB 1473) February 14, 2023

Video/Webinar Testimony in support of eliminating certain mandatory fines and fees (HB 1169) January 18, 2023

Video/Webinar Testimony in support of creating the Evergreen Basic Income pilot program (HB 1045) January 11, 2023

Fact Sheet The Budget and Policy Center’s 2023 Legislative Agenda January 05, 2023

Video/Webinar Five Fast Facts about the 2022 supplemental operating budget June 10, 2022

Blog Post Reflecting on progress and big questions after session By April Dickinson - March 30, 2022

Video/Webinar Our work during the 2022 session and beyond March 25, 2022

Blog Post Legislators must increase opportunities for legal financial obligations (LFO) relief By Evan Walker - February 18, 2022

Blog Post Reforming Washington’s legal system of fines and fees advances racial and economic justice By Evan Walker - January 18, 2022

Brief/Report It’s time to reform WA’s harmful system of fines and fees January 18, 2022

Fact Sheet Budget & Policy Center’s 2022 Legislative Priorities January 06, 2022

Blog Post Getting rid of legal financial obligations can protect the economic security of thousands of Washingtonians By Evan Walker - July 14, 2021

Blog Post House & Senate offer a path to recovery in budget proposals By Margaret Babayan, policy analyst, and Andy Nicholas, senior policy fellow - April 01, 2021

Blog Post Important progress happening on tax justice and racial justice March 11, 2021

Blog Post Washington state’s debt-based driver’s license suspension laws mirror racist legal system By Evan Walker - March 05, 2021

Blog Post Legislators must improve unjust driver’s license suspension laws By Evan Walker - February 03, 2021

Fact Sheet Budget & Policy Center’s 2021 Legislative Priorities December 08, 2020

Blog Post Lawmakers made progress to promote economic security, but much more is needed By Evan Walker, Narver policy fellow, Liz Olson, policy analyst, and Melinda Young-Flynn, communications director - March 20, 2020

Blog Post Lawmakers should build on governor’s 2020 budget proposal By Andy Nicholas, senior fellow, and Margaret Babayan, policy analyst - January 16, 2020

Fact Sheet The Budget & Policy Center’s 2020 Legislative Agenda January 07, 2020

Video/Webinar Press call: The movement to lift up people working hard for low pay August 16, 2019

Video/Webinar 2019 Legislative Session Wrap-Up May 08, 2019

Fact Sheet The Budget & Policy Center’s 2019 Legislative Agenda December 14, 2018

Blog Post Final budget brings momentous victories for communities, but property tax cuts will come at a cost By Kelli Smith - March 14, 2018

Blog Post State legislators should focus on advancing shared prosperity during 2018 legislative session By Misha Werschkul - January 05, 2018

Blog Post The Future We Want: The Washington State Budget & Policy Center Announces Our 2017-2019 Legislative Agenda By Julie Watts - December 12, 2016

Brief/Report 2017-2019 Legislative Agenda November 01, 2016

Blog Post This Session, Let’s Make Shared Prosperity the Top Priority By Misha Werschkul - January 11, 2016