Opinion and Voices

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (540+ words) An initiative on November’s ballot aims to overturn the 9.9% tax on earnings above $1m – who’s winning the fight? Voters in Washington state will soon decide the fate of the state’s so-called “millionaire tax” – a 9.9% income tax on earnings above $1m that was…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (1072+ words) Tenant protections have been top of mind for many Tacomans since activists helped pass a "landlord fairness code" in 2023. Since December, a new phenomenon has rippled across the city: tenant unions. Like a labor union without the same federal protections,…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (429+ words) The parting remarks of America’s first president were more about shaping who would succeed him in office than about advance a fundamental foreign policy principle to guide all future generations. More than two centuries later, people across the political spectrum…...

4+ week, 10+ hour ago   (805+ words) (The Center Square) - The Washington Supreme Court on Thursday dealt a huge blow to supporters of natural gas. In a 6-3 decision, the state's high court struck down Initiative 2066, passed by nearly two million Washington voters in 2024 to protect natural gas…...