Washington insurance policies may have wildfire surcharge
Every property and vehicle owner in Washington state would pay a small surcharge on their insurance policies if state lawmakers go along with a proposed new tax.
It would be dedicated to wildfire fighting and prevention.
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Tom Banse
Regional Correspondent
Tom Banse covers national news, business, science, public policy, Olympic sports, and human interest stories across Washington state. Now semi-retired, Banse is an Olympia-based reporter with more than three decades of experience covering the Pacific Northwest. Most of his career was spent with public radio's Northwest News Network, but now in semi-retirement his work appears on multiple nonprofit news outlets including KUOW. His recent areas of focus range from transportation, U.S.-Canada borderlands, the Northwest region's planned hydrogen hub, and emergency preparedness.
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