Robust cash support will help ensure an inclusive recovery
State lawmakers must make cash support broadly available to people, regardless of employment or immigration status
By David Hlebain - March 18, 2021
Revenue forecasts don’t reflect the lived experience of communities
Lawmakers must rebalance our tax code to ensure all communities can thrive in the years ahead
By Margaret Babayan and Andy Nicholas - March 17, 2021
Lawmakers must increase the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)/WorkFirst cash grant
TANF benefits, largely unchanged since 1996, are inadequate to support family well-being
By Liz Olson - March 12, 2021
More evidence shows that tax credits are good for health
Policies that provide cash assistance can improve physical and mental health for kids and parents
By Tracy Yeung - March 12, 2021
Important progress happening on tax justice and racial justice
Now policymakers must move key bills forward to sign into law
March 11, 2021
Washington state’s debt-based driver’s license suspension laws mirror racist legal system
SB 5226 would reform driver’s license suspension policies that disproportionately harm Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and people of color
By Evan Walker - March 05, 2021
Washington state’s upside-down tax code is even more racist than you think
Lawmakers can’t stall on reforming a system that channels income to wealthy white households
By Andy Nicholas and Margaret Babayan - February 10, 2021
Legislators must improve unjust driver’s license suspension laws
Getting rid of debt-based license suspensions would bring relief to many Washingtonians
By Evan Walker - February 03, 2021