Transportation funding, climate change and the electric car tax incentive … skeptics want to tap the brake
Gov. Jay Inslee believes electric cars are good for the state and good for the planet. And he’s looking for ways to promote them. …Inslee wants to extend a sales-tax break for electric vehicles and explore giving them access to carpool lanes…[Also, he] said he wants to install more charging stations and create incentives for builders […]
13th of November 2014
Clarifying the 2015 budget picture
Kriss posted yesterday on the improved revenue picture. As Brad Shannon reports, the higher revenue collections are accompanied by higher caseload and enrollment numbers. State budget director David Schumacher told the Caseload Forecast Council meeting in Olympia that an expected increase in K-12 school enrollments alone may add $380 million to the state’s costs through June 2017, which […]
25th of March 2014
Seattle Times business columnist faults Legislature for failing to renew R&D incentives
Jon Talton, business columnist for the Seattle Times, skipped subtlety and got right to the point in writing about the effects of some Legislative inaction in the recently completed session. Noting that it’s not correct to say lawmakers did nothing, he writes, In fact, legislators delivered a sledgehammer to state competitiveness by killing the nearly […]
5th of March 2014
A look at why Texas reinstated R&D tax incentives demonstrates why Washington should not let them expire
Effective January 1, 2014, Texas once again offers tax incentives for research and development. An article in Texas CEO magazine last fall celebrated their return. The R&D tax break is back in Texas. …Before passing this law, Texas was one of only a handful of states that did not offer some sort of research and […]