Inslee unveils budget

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Taylor Winkel

Taylor Winkel Feb 6, 2018

Feb 6, 2018

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                <h1>Inslee unveils budget</h1>
                <h2><p>Gov. Jay Inslee unveiled his proposed budget for the 2015-17 biennium, calling for a 7 percent tax on some capital gains amounting to more than $25,000 per person to help boost education, improve social services and fund state parks. Republicans questioned the need for new taxes when state revenues</p></h2>
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               <p>By <a href="/author/taylorjwinkel-gmail-com/">Taylor Winkel</a></p> 
              <p><time datetime="2025-02-04T05:00:00-08:00">Feb 6, 2018</time></p>
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            <p>Gov. Jay Inslee unveiled his proposed budget for the 2015-17 biennium, calling for a 7 percent tax on some capital gains amounting to more than $25,000 per person to help boost education, improve social services and fund state parks. Republicans questioned the need for new taxes when state revenues are growing. Crosscut's John Stang has a <a href="http://crosscut.com/2014/12/18/washington-governor/123314/inslee-proposes-new-taxes-power-state-budget/?ref=dev.cascadepbs.org">full report here</a>.</p>
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Gov. Jay Inslee unveiled his proposed budget for the 2015-17 biennium, calling for a 7 percent tax on some capital gains amounting to more than $25,000 per person to help boost education, improve social services and fund state parks. Republicans questioned the need for new taxes when state revenues are growing. Crosscut's John Stang has a full report here.

By Taylor Winkel

Taylor Winkel is a Journalism and Political Science student at the University of Washington. Follow her on Twitter: @twinkelnews. She can be emailed at Taylor.Winkel@crosscut.com.