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Just when you thought legislators couldn't think of another way to tax people.

The Pasco City Council will push to put it on the ballot and send it to the voters on June 11th at their next council meeting.

Over the years, various proposals have been put before voters that not only would have refurbished the aging Toyota Center, but also (in various ways) added onto the Three Rivers Convention Center and surrounding area.
The most recent was The Link project in 2017...

A new bill being introduced in Olympia is looking for a new 2 cent tax on single use plastic bags.

Maybe it's because most of them never studied Economics, or business, or ever had any exposure to business in their lives. Seattle leaders have come up with another brainchild that has people across the country shaking their heads. Either way, the new Seattle soda tax is likely to drive one of …

It was tried and rejected in Santa Fe, New Mexico, but now Seattle Mayor Ed Murray wants to tax soda at a rate 8 times higher than beer.

Previous such efforts failed to pass the Legislature in 2014, and 2015. But a new house bill (2165) would change that.

If you live in Oregon and you love collecting old cars this could really suck. Oregon state lawmakers are debating imposing a $1,000 tax on cars exceeding 20 yrs.
Classic car collectors have reason to be nervous. Maybe certain collectibles will be exempted, but that 1992 Japanese import...

It was presented as a campaign finance reform law, but there was a clause in there that perhaps a lot of people missed.

The plan is supported by labor unions, and Thursday Oregon's controversial Governor, Kate Brown, signed off on the idea. Measure 97, as it's called, would levy the largest corporate tax increase in state history, on the state's biggest 1,000 companies.