
Jim Brunner
Political Reporter at Seattle Times
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5 days ago |
thederrick.com | Jim Brunner
SEATTLE — Washington is leading 14 other states in a new lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring a “national energy emergency” and seeking to shortcut environmental reviews for oil drilling, pipelines and other fossil fuel projects. The lawsuit, announced by Attorney General Nick Brown at a news conference Friday, was filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.
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5 days ago |
seattletimes.com | Jim Brunner
Washington is leading 14 other states in a new lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s executive order declaring a “national energy emergency” and seeking to shortcut environmental reviews for oil drilling, pipelines and other fossil fuel projects. The lawsuit, announced by Attorney General Nick Brown at a news conference Friday, was filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington.
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1 week ago |
seattletimes.com | Jim Brunner
In his inaugural address in January, Gov. Bob Ferguson signaled he’d bring a more hawkish budget approach to Olympia, saying he was “not here to defend government” but to “reform it.”In his first legislative session, which concluded Sunday, Ferguson sought to follow through, diverging from former Gov. Jay Inslee and tangling with fellow Democrats on taxes and spending.
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2 weeks ago |
seattletimes.com | Jim Brunner
OLYMPIA — An unusual scene played out during the final hours of the 2025 legislative session, as Democrat after Democrat rose to deliver passionate speeches about a bill that stood no chance of passing into law. The show of support came for a controversial wealth tax proposal, Senate Bill 5797, which would tax stocks and similar “intangible financial assets” of Washington residents worth more than $50 million. The Senate passed the measure Sunday on a 26-21, mostly party-line vote.
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2 weeks ago |
seattletimes.com | Shauna Sowersby |Jim Brunner
OLYMPIA — Democratic lawmakers rolled out a final budget package Saturday that would raise taxes by about $9 billion over four years while cutting areas of spending to shore up an estimated $16 billion budget shortfall. The final plan, which lawmakers are expected to vote on Sunday — the final day of the legislative session — nixes some previous tax proposals floated by majority Democrats.
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