Families don't deserve large tax hike

Olympia’s majority party has already made it hard for Washington families to make ends meet through policies like raising the price of gas and home energy and shrinking paychecks. Now it’s pushing the largest tax increase in state history, which would make living in our beautiful state even less affordable.

At the start of our 2025 legislative session, Republicans and Democrats agreed there would be a budget gap to resolve. Knowing the state is already expecting to take in an additional $5 billion for the 2025-27 budget cycle, equal to a 7.6% increase, our default position was to tighten the s...