Income tax foes will pursue repeal on fall ballot

By: Jerry Cornfield

Outlets: Washington State Standard

Published: May 12, 2026

Words: 746

Last Updated: 2 months, 2 weeks ago

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Let’s Go Washington began gathering signatures Tuesday for an initiative to repeal the state’s new income tax on high earners, the start to what could be a blockbuster ballot battle this fall.

“We don’t care how you define it, income tax is illegal in this state. And the voters in the state have voted numerous times to ban an income tax,” Brian Heywood, the founder and chief financier of the conservative political committee, said at …

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