This Week's News: The Final Frontier Why is William Shatner coming for our water? Does Seattle need rent control? Can a new policing plan tackle drug dealing downtown? Is tipping on the way... David Hyde
State Treasurer Says It's Time For 'Grand Bargain' On Tax System Marcie Sillman talks to State Treasurer Jim McIntire about his proposal for a state income tax and overhaul of our current tax system to raise enough... Amina Al-Sadi Marcie Sillman
King County Seeks Emergency-Radio Upgrade With Tax Levy King County's aging emergency radio system is facing crunch time: After 2018, replacement components won't be available. So the county is proposing a... Ruby de Luna
After April 15, Income Inequality Will Be Worse In Washington State Marcie Sillman speaks with Seattle Times economics columnist Jon Talton about why Washington state's tax system has been called "the most unfair state... Posey Gruener Marcie Sillman
Identity Theft Rising Again, Just In Time for Tax Season More taxpayers are falling victim to identity theft. A federal report says 2.5 million tax-filers had their identities stolen and their tax refunds... Carolyn Adolph
A Better Way To Tax Cigarettes Bill Radke talks with Washington state Sen. Andy Hill, R-Redmond, about Governor Jay Inslee's proposal to raise cigarette taxes. Bill Radke Ann Kane
IRS Budget Cuts Hurt Low-Income And Elderly Taxpayers Alert, tax prep procrastinators: You might want to force yourself to start earlier this year.When the federal agency in charge of tax collection gets... Sara Lerner
What Happened This Week? Thanks For Asking An engineer said “catastrophic failure” in the same breath as “Bertha” – what does that mean? Washington state has America's most regressive tax system,... Bill Radke
Washington State Ranks As Having Most Regressive Tax System Ross Reynolds talks with Meg Wiehie, state policy director for the Institute on Taxation and Economic policy, about their yearly ranking of regressive... Ross Reynolds Hannah Burn
New State Senate Voting Rules A Bit Like 'Political Theater' Marcie Sillman talks to Hugh Spitzer, University of Washington law professor, about the constitutionality of the Senate Republicans' rule change for... Marcie Sillman Amina Al-Sadi
