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Harvard Signals It Will Resist Trump’s Efforts to Revoke Tax-Exempt Status
President Trump on Friday said he would be “taking away” the university’s status, renewing a threat he made last month. It ...
Top Washington lawyer creates new firm to defend officials targeted by Trump
A prominent lawyer in Washington who defended Hunter Biden against criminal charges has launched a new law firm to represent ...
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Washington’s Digital Ad Tax: A Lawsuit Waiting To Happen?
On April 27, 2025, the Washington Legislature delivered to Governor Bob Ferguson’s desk Senate Bill (SB) 5814, a sweeping tax ...
Five tax bills lawmakers passed to underpin Washington’s next state budget
Business tax hikes make up more than half of the roughly $9 billion package, which still needs a sign-off from Gov. Bob ...
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Tax fight crescendos in Washington Legislature
Bob Ferguson will support. Major pieces of a $12 billion tax package passed the Washington state Senate on Saturday without a clear sign that Gov. Bob Ferguson supports them. Democratic senators used ...
Wall Street Journal15d
Washington State’s Tax on Tesla
Washington state progressives haven’t found a tax they don’t want to impose, and behold the bell-ringer: a tax specifically designed to siphon Elon Musk’s profit from their own environmental ...
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Washington state Senate unleashes $12B tax blitz, defying governor’s warnings
Major pieces of a $12 billion tax package passed the Washington state Senate on Saturday without a clear sign that Gov. Bob Ferguson supports them. Democratic senators used their near ...
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New poll reveals Washington voters oppose tax hikes, prefer spending cuts for budget deficit
WASHINGTON STATE – A recent survey by Napolitan News Service revealed strong opposition among Washington voters to tax increases aimed at addressing the state's budget deficit. The release of ...
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Trump could test boundaries of law with crackdown on left-wing tax-exempt groups
The Trump administration has asked the top IRS attorney to revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status, the Washington Post reported this week. The request is specifically because of the university’s ...
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New tax proposal could impact Washington IT, staffing, and nicotine products; sparks mixed reactions
A controversial new bill drafted by lawmakers to modernize Washington's excise taxes to ... The proposal includes extending the retail sales and use tax to certain services such as information ...
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Republican budget leaders agree with governor: latest Democrat tax plan is wrong for Washington
Republican senators agree with Gov. Bob Ferguson’s view that the $12 billion package of tax increases proposed by Senate Democrats this week is too large The ...
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Can the IRS revoke Harvard’s tax-exempt status?
The rules they have to follow to maintain that status are set out in the tax code. We spoke with attorneys who specialize in nonprofit law and freedom of speech to try to answer questions about ...