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Op-ed: We can improve public health by cleaning up Washington’s tax code

Losing the front wheel on a walker might sound like no big deal to many of us. But for people with low incomes managing multiple...Read More

Interview with Sen. John Braun: Collective bargaining agreements & budget-writing across the aisle

Sen. Braun on how collective bargaining agreements impacted the budget and what it was like working with Ways & Means Chair Sen. Christine Rolfes....Read More

Interview with Sen. John Braun: The 2019-21 Budget

"...broadly, we just spent way more money than we should have. We raised enormous new taxes to do that, and my concern is that this...Read More

Where Senate Dems’ plan to “fix our tax code” stands now

The bill would’ve introduced a capital gains tax and used the resulting revenue to fund several specified tax-relief efforts. But, it didn’t see any action...Read More