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The approved 0.1% sales tax measure goes into effect Jan. 1, 2026, to generate new revenue. Without new funding, King County ...
The new county sales tax, 10 cents on every $100 purchase, helps plug a budget shortfall that's been estimated at $150 ...
The King County Council has approved a new tenth of a cent sales tax to fund public safety programs - even though a majority ...
After hearing public comment, mostly in favor, and debating the measure, the King County Council voted 8-1 to pass a new ...
King County Executive Shannon Braddock has officially introduced a proposed renewal of a sales tax to generate approximately $136 million for mental health and drug use treatment programs every two ...
The majority of King County residents will pay more in state sales tax next year in order to fund the purchase of hotels and former nursing homes that will be used to house the homeless, but not ...
The King County Council voted Tuesday to approve a 0.1% sales tax to fund housing for people who have been chronically homeless, even after some of the county's largest cities ...
Braddock’s plan imposes a new 0.1% sales tax to “save” King County from deep service cuts. That’s $95 million a year squeezed out of families already buckling under the weight of the ...
(The Center Square) – King County Executive Shannon Braddock is proposing a new revenue measure to offset the county’s $150 million budget gap. The new proposal would enact a 0.1% sales and ...
King County will have to find a way to make up $20 million in funding for its Mental Illness and Drug Dependency funding by the end of the year. Over the next three years, the county is projecting ...