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  • Outgoing Washington governor suggests wealth tax' to avoid cuts to education and police

    Gene Johnson Associated Press|Dec 26, 2024

    Outgoing Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is proposing a novel tax on personal wealth above $100 million in hopes of plugging a budget shortfall and averting cuts to education, mental health services and police. The tax would apply to about 3,400 residents, Microsoft founder Bill Gates among them, and bring in $10.3 billion over four years, Inslee, a Democrat, said Tuesday. No other states, and only a few countries, have taxes structured the way Inslee is proposing, according to the Tax Foundation, a conservative-leaning policy organization. A...

  • Class 2B Football Playoffs

    Associated Press|Nov 12, 2015

    Class 2B 1. Lind-Ritzville/Sprague (10-0) beat Kettle Falls 49-13. 2. Pe Ell/Willapa Valley (9-0) idle. 3. North Beach (9-0) idle. 4. Okanogan (8-1) idle. 5. Toledo (9-1) beat Rainier 55-34. 6. Napavine (8-2) beat Ilwaco 55-27. 7. Raymond (7-2) lost to Morton-White Pass 51-27. 8. Northwest Christian (Colbert) (8-2) beat Reardan 42-7. 9. Brewster (6-2) idle. (tie) LaConner (8-1) beat Orcas Island 39-14. Others receiving 6 or more points: Warden (9-1). Class 1B 1. Liberty Christian (10-0) beat Touchet 58-50. 2. Neah Bay (8-0) idle. 3. Touchet...

  • EPA proposal could block huge Alaska open pit mine

    Associated Press|Jul 24, 2014

    JUNEAU, Alaska (AP)--The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed restrictions last Friday that would essentially block development of a planned massive gold-and-copper mine near the headwaters of a world premier salmon fishery in Alaska. The announcement came as the EPA was being sued by Pebble Limited Partnership, the group behind the proposed Pebble Mine, and the state of Alaska for allegedly exceeding its authority. The state and Pebble Partnership, which was created to design, permit and run the mine, argue the EPA should not be able...

  • Washington loses latest bid for education policy waiver

    Associated Press|Jul 24, 2014

    SEATTLE (AP) -- Washington state has lost its latest bid for flexibility under the federal No Child Left Behind law. State officials said Monday they heard from U.S. Department of Education officials to say they were not going to approve a request made about a month ago. Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn had asked if Washington schools could avoid sending letters to parents saying schools are not making adequate yearly progress and explaining that kids can transfer to a school that is. The letters usually sent right before the...

  • US Supreme Court upholds health care act

    Steven R Hurst Associated Press|Jul 5, 2012

    WASHINGTON (AP) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the heart of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, handing him a huge election-year political victory and keeping in force the legislative centerpiece of his term, a law aimed at covering more than 30 million uninsured Americans. The decision means the historic overhaul -- opposed by virtually all Republicans including Mitt Romney, Obama's challenger -- will continue to go into effect over the next several years, affecting the way that countless Americans receive and pay for...