Taxes September 30, 2026
An initiative seeking to repeal the new income tax on $1 million-plus earners trails badly in a new poll when voters are shown legally required ballot language summarizing its potential impacts on the state budget.
Taxes September 15, 2026
Washington state’s refusal to levy personal income has made its tax code an outlier for more than 90 years.
Taxes September 9, 2026
Come November, Cook County voters will take the first step in deciding whether a 3% tax should get tacked on to million-dollar incomes, but the question should particularly resonate in some North Shore towns due to their wealth.
Taxes August 14, 2026
The judge said it is constitutional for Washington ballots to include information about how a repeal of the high-income earners' tax would impact the state budget.
Taxes July 29, 2026
The stakes over those 21 words are high for the November vote on Initiative 645, which would repeal the recently enacted 9.9% tax on households earning more than $1 million a year.
Taxes July 27, 2026
A lawsuit challenges the constitutionality of the public investment impact statement that will appear on the November ballot alongside an initiative to repeal the state’s “millionaires tax.”
Taxes July 15, 2026
Gov. Bob Ferguson kicked off a campaign to preserve the state’s new high-earners income tax on Tuesday, arguing an initiative to kill the tax would have disastrous consequences for schools, small businesses and families.
Taxes July 14, 2026
Personal income tax rates in Hawaii will become a little more progressive next year in part due to a new top rate for high-income households that puts the isles closer to the state with the highest rate.
Taxes July 9, 2026
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson released a statement on Thursday ripping the City Council Rules Committee for not letting voters have their say on the millionaire tax.
Taxes July 6, 2026
Opponents of Washington’s new high-earners income tax submitted more than 500,000 signatures for an initiative to kill the tax Thursday, setting up an epic brawl for November over the state's tax system.
Taxes June 30, 2026
Opponents of an initiative to repeal Washington's new high-earners income tax are warning the proposal could also strike down other taxes, putting billions of dollars in state revenues that fund public services at risk.
Taxes June 15, 2026
Washington’s controversial new income tax on high earners has spurred warnings from some of a looming wealth exodus.