Economic Justice

The Washington Supreme Court overturned Spokane’s Proposition 1 anti-camping initiative on the grounds that it exceeded the proper scope of local initiative power by addressing administrative rather than legislative matters.

The federal government has eliminated funding for a $3.9 million grant through the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) that supports the Washington State Library.

Washington voters have rejected I-2109, which would have repealed the state’s capital gains tax.

Thurston County Superior Court Judge Mary Sue Wilson ruled that Washington’s law authorizing automatic and mandatory license suspensions for unpaid moving violation fines without meaningful evaluation of the driver’s ability to pay the fine violates the state constitution’s right to due process.