Opponents of WA ‘millionaires tax’ submit signatures to qualify for ballot ^25.7%

KUOW - By Sarah Mizes-Tan - 7/2/2026, 10:24 PM

Negativity Bias 16.2% - Framing Effect 14.4% - Appeal to Emotion 14.4%

An effort to repeal Washington state’s first income tax on high earners took a major step forward on Thursday. Brian Heywood, a wealthy hedge fund founder, and his conservative political action group, Let’s Go Washington, rallied outside the secretary of state’s office, unloading cardboard boxes full of signatures supporting the repeal.... more