WA governor: Passage of income tax could slip to 2027 [View all]
Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson warned Tuesday that the income tax Democratic state lawmakers are pressing to approve in the next nine days might have to wait until next year.
The governor and lawmakers have been unable to resolve differences over how to use revenue from the tax.
Ferguson said he is “hopeful” an agreement can be reached by the end of the session March 12. “I am committed to making sure we get this right, even if that means coming back next year to finish the bill in a longer session,” he wrote in an email to political donors and supporters.
For the first-term Democratic governor, this marked a new level in his saber-rattling on the controversial legislation that would impose a new 9.9% tax on household income over $1 million a year.
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