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Guest Opinion: How to make state taxes fairer
With the Legislature, now in its second special session, still fighting about the budget, and with national studies ranking Washington
Dick Nelson
Dick Nelson is a former Washington State legislator. He currently contributes to the public debate on state and local fiscal issues through research and commentary. As when he was in the legislature,
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