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Hedge fund founder Brian Heywood and his conservative interest group Let’s Go Washington have lead the repeal effort, while supporters have launched a campaign to save the tax.

The 14th Legislative District is home to one of the largest populations of Latino voters in the state. It is one of several Republican districts Democrats aim to flip.

The order, issued Thursday, is the latest in a long-running fight between Washington state officials and GEO Group, the private contractor that owns and operates the federal facility.

Let’s Go Washington has been lobbying support for the income tax repeal effort, collecting far more than the 300,000 signatures required to put an initiative to voters.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld state laws banning transgender girls from playing on school sports teams with girls and women.

State officials are projecting a budget shortfall of nearly $500 million in the next year, as the governor signals an unwillingness to create new taxes to close that gap.

A statewide ballot initiative this November will ask voters to consider banning trans girls from competing on girls’ school sports teams.

Rep. Tarra Simmons (D-Bremerton) is facing ethics charges. The accusations culminated in a rare two-day public hearing before the state’s Legislative Ethics Board this week.

About 600,000 women are currently navigating peri-menopause, menopause, or post-menopause in the workforce, according to the Washington State Women’s Commission.

The case comes in the wake of a national ruling on redistricting and raises questions about whether primary elections would happen on time in Washington.