Washington relies more heavily on high sales taxes than any other state, and 77 percent of its revenue comes from a consumption tax of one kind or another.
Click to enlarge. Washington is among the state's with the fastest rates of growth from July 1, 2010, to July 1, 2011. Color codes are in this order: purple/blue (colors may appear differently on some...
The historic Richard A. Ballinger house is near Lake Washington in Southeast Seattle, where incomes of affluent neighborhoods contrast with those in some of the nearby areas.