Sales Tax

In King County, a one-third decline in sales tax revenue has resulted in a $12 million cut to a King County fund that pays for mental and behavioral…

Are you willing to pay an extra $30 in sales tax a year to help support museums, theaters and other cultural institutions? That’s the question King County…

Voters in King County will get to decide if they want to raise the sales tax to fund arts and cultural programs. The Metropolitan King County Council…

Instead of a property tax to fight homelessness, Seattle Mayor Ed Murray says he will now pursue a countywide sales tax increase.Murray and King County…

Pierce County lawmakers this week voted down a sales tax that would have raised an estimated $10 million for mental health and substance abuse…

More than half of Washington's 39 counties have a special sales tax funding mental health and substance abuse programs. Among the state's urban counties,…

Pierce County Executive Pat McCarthy said the county needs to pass a special sales tax increase to pay for mental health services and that a lack of…

Bus riders all over the Puget Sound region are coping with cuts in service, but Pierce County is facing something much more drastic.If you don’t have a…

Pierce County voters will decide this fall whether to raise the sales tax so that Pierce Transit can restore some of the bus service that was cut last…

If you live anywhere in the Puget Sound region you probably pay a small sales tax to support mental health services. The main exception is in Pierce…