Budget & Tax Analysis
The Budget and Policy Center measures how our state is doing across budget value areas that include: economic security; education and job readiness; healthy people and communities; and effective and accountable government. And we assess how state revenue is impacting these value areas.
Read our State Budget Analysis for 2025.
Most Recent
Blog Post I-1098 Would Cut Taxes, Fund Improvements in Health Care and Education
Blog Post Overview of 2010 Revenue Measures
Blog Post What Does the Revenue Buy?
Blog Post How We’re Balancing the Budget
Blog Post Working Families Tax Rebate Administration Would be Straightforward and Efficient
Blog Post What is ‘Economic Nexus’ and Why Do I Care?
Blog Post Governor Gregoire’s Tax Proposals
Blog Post Governor’s Forthcoming Revenue Proposal Only a Drop in the Bucket
Blog Post Closing the Deficit: An Unbalanced Approach
Blog Post Series on the State Budget Crisis: Part Three, States Raise Taxes
Blog Post Series on the State Budget Crisis: Part Two, Cuts to Vital Programs
Blog Post Series on the State Budget Crisis: Part One, The Big Picture
Blog Post UPDATE: A Longer-Term Perspective on State Budget Proposals
Blog Post The House and Senate Budgets: Different Priorities?
Blog Post Senate Budget Does Not Take Full Advantage of Federal Funds
Blog Post Children and Homelessness in Washington State
Blog Post The State Budget Over Time