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Teachers, Childcare Providers, and Parents Strongly Oppose Budget Cuts
Olympia, WA – Teachers, childcare and health care providers, parents and others say cuts to education, childcare, health care, and other vital services are out of the question when Washington is home to so many mega-millionaires and billionaires. In response…
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Initiative 2109 Defeated in a Landslide
Seattle, WA: Tonight Washington state voters resoundingly rejected Initiative 2109, which would have repealed the state’s limited capital gains tax that funds billions for education, childcare and school construction. Current results show I-2109 trailing a whopping 26 points with (63%…
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Initiative Giving Super-Rich Big Tax Cut By Taking nearly $900 Million/Yr from WA Schools, Child Care Qualifies for Ballot
Olympia, WA: Today Initiative 2109, a proposal filed by controversial state Republican Party Chair Jim Walsh and bankrolled by mega-millionaire Brian Heywood, was certified by the Washington Secretary of State. If passed in November, it would slash nearly $900 million…