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No cuts, no furloughs. Tax, tax the rich!” WFSE members and supporters chanted at the state Capitol on Wednesday.
Hundreds of Washington Federation of State Employees (WFSE) members packed the rotunda on Wednesday to remind Ferguson that ...
Ferguson, a Democrat, told reporters at a news event in the Governor’s Conference Room that in his view, both chambers’ plans ...
Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson has let House and Senate lawmakers know some of the concerns he has with the spending plans they ...
Governor Bob Ferguson opposes tax-heavy budgets from the Senate and House, prioritizing fiscal responsibility for Washington ...
Gov. Ferguson said he would veto any spending package with a wealth tax, but may have opened the door for other tax proposals ...
The governor, however, said he’d be “open to a conversation” about testing a small wealth tax in Washington to see if it can ...
Majority Democrats in both chambers of the Washington State Legislature strongly hinted that a “wealth tax” proposal is dead ...
Dozens protest budget cuts at the Washington State Capitol, demanding action from lawmakers on crucial funding issues.
Gov. Bob Ferguson is taking fire from unions representing state workers, who accuse him of betrayal over a furlough proposal ...
Hundreds of Washington state workers descended on the Capitol on Wednesday, staging a sit-in outside the governor’s office ...
As the state faces a $16 billion budget shortfall, hundreds gathered to protest the governor’s proposed furloughs.