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Are Washington’s wealthiest waiting out the state’s capital gains tax?

The state's wealthiest residents might be holding on to their stocks in hopes of avoiding Washington's capital gains tax, which has been challenged by an initiative that goes before voters in November. The tax charges a 7% tax for stock, bond, or mutual fund sales in excess of $250,000.
Scott Greenstone
Tiffany Smiley is back. This time, she's running for Congress against another Republican

Tiffany Smiley is charting another course to Washington, D.C. This time, she's challenging a fellow Republican in an attempt to get into Congress.
Dyer Oxley
WA Republicans throw weight behind MAGA candidate Semi Bird

Washington state Republicans gathered in Spokane over the weekend to throw support behind a candidate for governor and other key offices. After a rowdy back and forth over whether the party would endorse at all, former Richland school board member Semi Bird emerged with the official GOP stamp of approval for the governor’s race. The decision sends a message about who state party faithful see as the standard bearer for the Washington GOP: Donald J. Trump.
Diana Opong

Scott Greenstone

Hans Anderson
Week in Review: Washington GOP, Dave Reichert, and density

Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with former state Representative and Senator Bill Finkbeiner, Seattle Channel host and producer Brian Callanan, and The Stranger editor Rich Smith.
Bill Radke

Kevin Kniestedt
Republicans shrug off anti-LGBT comments from top Washington governor candidate

Democrat candidate for governor, Bob Ferguson, is lobbing attacks at his main Republican opponent, Dave Reichert, over Reichert's views on LGBTQ issues.
Jeanie Lindsay
National

Young conservatives have grown up in Trump's Republican Party. Now, it's time to vote

With nearly a decade on the national political stage, for some of the youngest eligible conservative voters this year, former President Donald Trump has been pivotal in their political upbringing.
Elena Moore
National

RNC sees major cuts to staff as new, Trump-backed leadership takes over

More than 60 people were fired, including senior staff in the political data and communications departments, according to a person familiar with the layoffs.
Franco Ordoñez
RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel says she'll step down March 8

The decision is not a surprise. McDaniel previously said she'd step down after the South Carolina primary, which was held Saturday.
NPR Washington Desk
National

Haley calls Trump's 'disgusting' comments about Black people a 'huge warning sign'

Nikki Haley says inflammatory comments Donald Trump made about Black people Friday is more proof he will hurt the GOP in the November general election.
Stephen Fowler
National

What GOP infighting in South Carolina can (and can't) tell us about 2024

In Horry County, South Carolina, a squabble over who is the official county party sheds light on struggles the GOP faces more broadly in 2024.
Stephen Fowler

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