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	<title>The Capitol Record &#187; tax</title>
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		<title>Marijuana legalization initiative headed for Legislature</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:23:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christina Salerno</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A measure that would legalize, tax and regulate marijuana in Washington state has enough certified signatures to go to the Legislature for consideration, Secretary of State Sam Reed announced today. Initiative 502 would allow people over the age of 21 to buy marijuana at stores regulated by the state Liquor Control Board. People could buy up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Occupy protesters disrupt House Ways and Means Committee</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, protesters from around the state gathered in Olympia for the first day of special session. This morning, Jessica Gao got this photo: This afternoon, the protesters headed to the House Ways and Means Committee hearing. During briefing on a bill, they erupted into chants, including &#8220;We need to work together,&#8221; and &#8220;Fund our schools.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House State Government Committee passes bill to increase liquor licensing fees</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:28:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House State Government Committee is considering a bill to increase liquor licensing fees by 10 percent &#8212; while keeping the previous 10.5 percent increase in place. The money would go toward prevention programs and community mobilization grants. &#8220;We need to start looking at bills that help small businesses. This bill does not help small [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Watch The Impact and tonight&#8217;s Inside Olympia here</title>
		<link>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2010/06/watch-the-impact-and-tonights-inside-olympia-here-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:40:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Find out what&#8217;s candy and what&#8217;s not under the new state law &#8212; and how that will affect what you pay: And on Inside Olympia, Austin Jenkins interviewed business groups about their legislative priorities &#8212; and the November election:]]></description>
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		<title>Gregoire signs candy, cigarette, soda and bottled water taxes into law</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:41:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gov. Chris Gregoire just signed the tobacco tax bill into law. It will raise the price of a pack of cigarettes by $1 per pack. I&#8217;ll be live-blogging from the bill signing, which includes the taxes on soda, candy and bottled water. Refresh your browser for more. &#8220;When I released my first Book 1 budget [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reminder: Gov. Gregoire will sign tax bill, others into law tomorrow</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 21:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a list of the bills Gov. Chris Gregoire will sign into law tomorrow at 1:30 in her conference room &#8212; including the bills to raise $800 million in taxes: Engrossed House Bill No. 1690, relating to public works projects. Engrossed Substitute House Bill No. 2493, relating to the taxation of cigarettes and other tobacco [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Change of plans on tax bill: Bill signing will be Friday</title>
		<link>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2010/04/change-of-plans-on-tax-bill-bill-signing-will-be-friday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 17:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Via WaVotes): Gov. Chris Gregoire was scheduled to sign Senate Bill 6143 &#8212; the tax package &#8212; today, but it&#8217;s been moved to Friday. If you&#8217;re interested in legislative action today, watch the Joint Audit and Legislative Review Committee, the first segment of which is online now. Another session will begin at 1 p.m.]]></description>
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		<title>Updated: Senate passed tax bill</title>
		<link>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2010/04/senate-debates-the-tax-bill/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2010/04/senate-debates-the-tax-bill/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 03:06:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On a motion to adopt the conference committee tax package, Sen. Joe Zarelli said the bill will increase the B&#38;O tax and the soda tax. He said a distributor in his area will have to reduce workforce by 10 percent, increase costs and make other adjustments to cover the tax increase. He also said the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Updated: Leadership counting votes on &#8220;go home&#8221; proposal</title>
		<link>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2010/04/the-go-home-proposal-on-taxes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2010/04/the-go-home-proposal-on-taxes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 16:42:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jerry Cornfield at the Everett Herald has the details on what he calls the &#8220;go home&#8221; tax proposal: It does not include a sales tax but does have a two cent tax on soda, and a beer tax. And here&#8217;s Andrew Garber&#8217;s post. Stay tuned. We&#8217;re camping out in the capitol. Update: Here&#8216;s the House [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate drops sales tax &#8212; more to come</title>
		<link>http://www.tvw.org/capitolrecord/index.php/2010/04/senate-drops-sales-tax-more-to-come/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 23:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Niki Reading</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Andrew Garber at The Seattle Times and Rachel La Corte at the Associated Press are reporting that the Senate is dropping the sales tax from its proposal in an effort to get an agreement. The House and Senate must agree on a tax package and budget by Tuesday &#8212; the final day of the 30-day [...]]]></description>
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