The Associated Press
OLYMPIA — The state’s top Senate Democrat says an income tax on high earners won’t move forward this year.
Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown, joined by other Senate Democrats, held a news conference today to say it’s clear they “don’t have the legislative support to move forward at this point.”
But Brown says a conversation on the issue will continue. Brown has been talking about imposing an income tax on people making more than $250,000, even though the idea is considered politically risky.
Other Senate Democrats also introduced various measures that would impose a state income tax.
Washington is one of a handful of states without a state income tax.
