WA Supreme Court rules “Necessity Clause” shields new income tax law from voter referendum

OLYMPIA [JERRY CORNFIELD & JAKE GOLDSTEN-STREET]—Washington’s Supreme Court on Monday, May 4, denied Let’s Go Washington’s, a conservative political committee, request to pursue an attempt to repeal the state’s new income tax law with a referendum this fall. The opposition can still move forward with an initiative to overturn the tax on millionaire earners. But […]

EXCLUSIVE: Records reveal WA millionaire’s tax is meant to legalize progressive income tax

[THE CENTER SQUARE]—According to nearly 1,000 pages of public records reviewed by The Center Square, the Washington Attorney General’s Office and Democratic leaders discussed strategies to challenge and potentially overturn the 1933 state Supreme Court decision that banned income taxes in Washington state. Link to key emails obtained by The Center Square. “I would like […]

WA AG Nick Brown threatened with suspension of license to practice law

[The Center Square] – Washington State Attorney General Nick Brown was threatened with an interim suspension of his license to practice law for failing to respond to allegations that Brown in his capacity as Attorney General, colluded with private law firm Perkins Coie on an amicus brief filed on behalf of the firm’s lawsuit in federal court against […]