By Jerry Cornfield, Jake Goldstein-Street and Aspen Ford, Washington State Standard
March 12, 2026
The Washington Legislature concluded its 2026 session Thursday evening after passing a batch of budgets and navigating late-breaking drama over the elimination of a data center tax break that threatened to throw lawmakers into a special session.
Sine Die for the 60-day sprint came around 8:30 p.m.
Passage of Democrats’ signature policy for the session, a tax on household income greater…
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