SPR News Today: Julia Payne hopes to become a state representative in WA’s 6th District

Today’s headlines:

  • Washington Governor Jay Inslee is backing the states so-called Millionaire’s Tax, but other past governors aren’t.
  • With a lack of snow this past winter, studies from Colorado School of Mines show what this could mean for upcoming winters.]
  • Julia Payne, one of the three people for running for 6th District House seat in Spokane, sits down with SPR to explain her reason for flipping the seat.
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Washington’s former governors are split over the state’s new tax-the-rich policy. State government reporter Sarah Mizes-Tan has more.

Former Governor Jay Inslee has come out in support of the state’s so-called millionaires tax. He says he would have signed it into law had it come across his desk.

The new tax passed in March and will take a nearly 10 percent cut of incomes over a million dollars starting in 2029.

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