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	<title>The Capitol Record &#187; tax</title>
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		<title>Bill dealing with roll-your-own cigarettes heard in the House</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Erin Flemming</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A bill heard by the House Ways and Means committee would qualify the product of a roll-your-own cigarette machine as a cigarette and the retailer as a manufacturer. This would add certification and taxing requirements to roll-your-own, or RYO, cigarettes and the retailers that provide these machines. Supporters of the bill said RYO machines can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Governor announces proposals to streamline B&amp;O taxes, business licenses</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 00:09:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina Salerno</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Chris Gregoire announced a plan today that would streamline the way that small businesses pay local taxes and apply for a business license. Under her proposal, Washington state would become the sole collector of all local and state B&#38;O taxes, or business and occupation taxes. It would also create a single state website where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want more info on the tax press conference today? Here it is in full</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 23:07:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<title>Income tax, candy tax, sales tax: Let&#8217;s review</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you prefer the long version of what was said at the noon press conference in the Senate Democratic caucus room, scroll down and read the dispatches posted in real time. I&#8217;ll also post the video soon. If you don&#8217;t have time, here&#8217;s the basics: - Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown said the &#8220;high-earners&#8221; income [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Democrats to hold press conference on need for taxes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 17:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today at 12:15, Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown will hold a press conference on the &#8220;unfair tax system&#8221; with Sens.: Joe McDermott, Adam Kline, Jeanne Kohl-Welles and others. TVW will be there and air the press conference as soon as we can. I&#8217;ll keep you updated here.]]></description>
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		<title>Here are the tax videos from this morning</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since you (probably) couldn&#8217;t be there, I&#8217;m posting the videos from this morning &#8212; both the House Health and Human Services Appropriations Committee and the subsequent Republican caucus rebuttal to the tax vote &#8212; here. The committee &#8212; particularly the discussion before the vote &#8212; is interesting stuff because many of the lawmakers on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why not send it to voters?</title>
		<link>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2009/04/why-not-send-it-to-voters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:58:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brad Shannon asked: What&#8217;s wrong with letting the voters decide? Rep. Gary Alexander: &#8220;The question of any kind of tax increase, to me, does not make any sense. To go out and ask the voters &#8230; is only for one reason: Because they don&#8217;t have the votes to do it here.&#8221; He also said he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Republican response: Tax increase is irresponsible</title>
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		<comments>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2009/04/republican-response/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:33:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now, I&#8217;m at the press conference for the House Republican response to the tax package. &#8220;Today as we just saw, the Democrats passed a $1.1 billion tax increase out of committee,&#8221; said Rep. Doug Ericksen. Rep. Gary Alexander: &#8220;You heard me be very consistent: This is not the time to impose aditional taxes on the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More from the tax package committee hearing, including the vote</title>
		<link>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2009/04/more-from-the-tax-package-committee-hearing-including-the-vote/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2009/04/more-from-the-tax-package-committee-hearing-including-the-vote/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rep. Eric Pettigrew, continued from post below: &#8220;If you had asked me, I&#8217;d rather have tax reform. But, given that and given that people need us &#8212; htey need us right now. I&#8217;m not talking about 10 years from now,&#8221; he said. &#8220;With that, I urge this body to vote for this so we can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Updated tax discussion: House committee back from caucus, debating bill</title>
		<link>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2009/04/tax-discussion-house-committee-back-from-caucus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House Health and Human Services Appropriations Committee is back from caucus and is now working on the bill to increase the sales tax by .3 percent to cover healthcare. Now, for debate: Rep. Joe Schmick: &#8220;Well, it seems here we are in Olympia and it&#8217;s the same old story: We&#8217;re going to have to [...]]]></description>
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