WA Supreme Court bats down referendum attempt targeting income tax

By: Jerry Cornfield, Jake Goldstein-Street

Outlets: Washington State Standard

Published: May 4, 2026

Words: 935

Last Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago

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Washington’s Supreme Court on Monday denied a conservative political committee’s request to pursue an attempt to repeal the state’s new income tax law with a referendum this fall.

The opposition can still move forward with an initiative to overturn the tax on millionaire earners. But that path to challenging the law will require twice as many signatures to advance.

In the ruling, justices said the income tax’s so-called “necessity clause,” which shields it from a …

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