Washington lawmakers are back at the tax-and-spend drawing board as they try to close the state’s budget hole—but even some proposed tax hikes may not bring in meaningful money anytime soon. Jeff breaks down where things stand with Washington Observer editor Paul Queary, including the push for a so-called “millionaires tax,” the politics around cutting vs. raising revenue, and why many new taxes wouldn’t help in the current budget window.
PLUS: The Trump administration’s latest 2020-election flashback—an FBI raid that seized 700 boxes of ballots and records in Georgia, despite audits and recounts confirming Joe Biden won. ABC’s Stephen Portnoy explains what officials in Fulton County are worried about, what the FBI says (and doesn’t say), and why critics call it score-settling.
AND: More trouble in Minnesota—an ICE vs. judge showdown after a federal court says its patience is “at an end,” and an attack on Congresswoman Ilhan Omar during a town hall as threats against lawmakers spike nationwide.
THEN: Our weekly Olympia roundup: a bill to expand home marijuana growing—with strict rules on smell and plant limits—another push to clamp down on hidden ticket fees and scalping with the WAVE Act, and a lighter one: making the bluntnose sixgill the official state shark.
Guests include Washington Observer editor Paul Queary and ABC News correspondent Stephen Portnoy.
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