Taxes & Cost of Living

2025 Snohomish County State Legislative Scorecard

2025 Snohomish County State Legislative Scorecard

Future 42 is releasing a first-of-its-kind, comprehensive scorecard highlighting key votes taken by the 24 legislators representing areas of Snohomish County during the 2025 legislative session. This information is critical in order to ensure that Washingtonians are informed on bills which were passed, how those bills will impact their lives, and who voted for/against those...

The documentary exposing Net Zero’s real cost

The documentary exposing Net Zero’s real cost

They said with “Net Zero” policies, we could save the planet. What they didn’t say was the destruction it would wreak on Washington families.  Soaring energy bills. Jobs wiped out. Less reliable power when you need it most. Now, a new, insightful documentary from the Discovery Institute and writer/director Ken Peterson lays it all bare: In just 37...

Edmonds City Council to consider putting $6 million property tax hike on November ballot

Edmonds City Council to consider putting $6 million property tax hike on November ballot

Edmonds City Council is putting plans together to place a $6 million property tax increase on the November General Election ballot for voters to consider. In order to meet the deadline for placing this measure on the ballot, the City Council must adopt a resolution by July 8th. Due to a history of financial mismanagement and...

2025 Washington State Legislative Scorecard

2025 Washington State Legislative Scorecard

Future 42 is releasing a first-of-its-kind, comprehensive scorecard highlighting key votes taken by the 146 legislators during the 2025 legislative session. This information is critical in order to ensure that Washingtonians are informed on bills which were passed, how those bills will impact their lives, and who voted for/against those bills.  The 2025 Washington State...

2025 Washington State Legislative Scorecard

2025 Washington State Legislative Scorecard

Future 42 is releasing a first-of-its-kind, comprehensive scorecard highlighting key votes taken by legislators during the 2025 legislative session. This information is critical in order to ensure that Washingtonians are informed on bills which were passed, how those bills will impact their lives, and who voted for/against those bills. Note: This is special edition of...

Ferguson Signs Democrats’ 2025 Legislative Wishlist Into Law: Higher Taxes, Fewer Rights, and What You Need to Know

Ferguson Signs Democrats’ 2025 Legislative Wishlist Into Law: Higher Taxes, Fewer Rights, and What You Need to Know

When Bob Ferguson campaigned for governor and throughout the recently-completed legislative session, he positioned himself as a moderate Democrat who would govern pragmatically, resisting the tax-and-spend impulses of his party’s left wing. Yet, just five months into his administration, Ferguson has abandoned that promise, signing into law a series of bills that mark the largest...

The Largest Tax Hike in WA History Just Passed — Contact Gov. Ferguson

The Largest Tax Hike in WA History Just Passed — Contact Gov. Ferguson

In a late-session scramble, Olympia just did exactly what Washingtonians have been begging them not to do… They passed a series of taxes, amounting to the largest tax increases in state history. It’s estimated to be around $12.5 billion over 4 years – that’s more than $4,000 per household. Those numbers don’t even include the...

Whatcom County 2024 Scorecard

Whatcom County 2024 Scorecard

Public Safety. Taxes and Fiscal Responsibility. Government Regulations. Agriculture/Environmental Policy Do these local issues relate to your life? These are issues the Whatcom County Council discusses on a regular basis. Future 42 Whatcom County has analyzed key 2024 votes in our annual scorecard linked below in order to help inform you how your local councilmembers...

Property Tax Hikes Still Alive and Well in Olympia

Property Tax Hikes Still Alive and Well in Olympia

Yesterday, Olympia politicians pushed HB 2049 through the House—a repackaged property tax hike designed to hit Washington families where it hurts most: your home. They changed the bill—but it’s still a tax hike HB 2049 no longer triples how fast local governments can raise your property taxes. Instead, it was amended to give greater taxing...

Center Square: WA Senate Dems advance several tax hike bills as session enters last week

Center Square: WA Senate Dems advance several tax hike bills as session enters last week

The Center Square Washington breaks down legislative activity over the past weekend, including a flurry of tax hike bills that were advanced out of the state senate. Ahead of the last week of the legislative session, Democratic senators on Saturday passed several bills as part of a $12 billion tax package, including expanding the capital...

New polling: Washingtonians strongly oppose tax hikes being pushed in state budget

New polling: Washingtonians strongly oppose tax hikes being pushed in state budget

New polling from the Napolitan News Service shows strong opposition to tax increases and especially in using them to balance the state budget which includes record levels of spending.  Some key findings include: 80% believe slowing the growth of government spending is a better way to address Washington’s budget deficit, as opposed to 12% who...

3 Tax Hikes. Zero Notice. Speak Out by 5:30 PM TODAY!

3 Tax Hikes. Zero Notice. Speak Out by 5:30 PM TODAY!

With barely any notice, Olympia has introduced three massive tax increases—and scheduled a public hearing for TODAY at 5:30 PM. They’re hoping you won’t see it coming. But our community is strong, and together we can stop them! Just yesterday, hundreds rallied on the Capitol steps to protest property tax hikes. Now today, we must sign in...

Rally to Stop the Property Tax Hike

Rally to Stop the Property Tax Hike

Some Washington lawmakers are trying to push through the largest tax increases in state history—but voters are pushing back harder than ever. 60,000 Washingtonians have already officially signed in to oppose the proposed massive property tax increases. But now it’s time to take that momentum from our screens to the Capitol steps.    RALLY TO...