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• Lawmakers must pass an income tax bill

  Lawmakers must pass an income tax bill

  With all our state’s budgetary woes, I think it is time for Washington’s legislators to seriously consider instituting a state income tax.

• By taxing all sectors of the economy equally, we would stabilize our tax code

  By taxing all sectors of the economy equally, we would stabilize our tax code

  The Legislature should seek permanent fixes to our dysfunctional tax code.

• Rep. Reykdal: New income tax proposal on way

  Rep. Reykdal: New income tax proposal on way

  State Rep. Chris Reykdal and Sen. David Frockt are proposing a 1 percent state tax on corporate and personal incomes, while killing off the state business-occupations tax and reducing the state sales tax.

  The bill language is still being finalized, but Reykdal, a Tumwater Democrat, said he hopes to gather signatures as soon as Monday for his House version of the bill.

• Legislators eye income tax

  Legislators eye income tax

  State Rep. Chris Reykdal and Sen. David Frockt are proposing a 1 percent state tax on corporate and personal incomes in exchange for killing off the state business and occupation tax and reducing the state sales tax.

• Obama hits the road to tout a tax-cut plan Republicans seem to like

  Obama hits the road to tout a tax-cut plan Republicans seem to like

  President Barack Obama jets to Scranton, Pa., on Wednesday to ramp up pressure on Congress to extend and perhaps expand a payroll tax cut for another year — a move that Senate Republicans suggested Tuesday could happen, at least the extension.