The bill establishes a new state income tax on individuals with more than one million dollars in annual taxable income.
The bill now heads to the Senate for a final vote before it heads to Gov. Ferguson’s desk.
City staff recommends conducting a similar survey later this year.
The bill is scheduled for a second reading in the House as of March 6.
The lifelong Whatcom County resident has watched the county change in the last few decades and has participated in the culture downtown Bellingham cultivates.
The Bellingham location sale was announced just weeks ago.
Drayton Harbor Oyster Company will stay open but won’t serve any shellfish from the harbor until it’s safe to do so.
The bill had lost a lot of its original language on the House floor, including stipulations that it pay fees to the state for high energy consumption.
The review process for PSE’s rate-change plan takes up to 11 months to execute.
They’ll be taking over the former Time and Materials building on N State St and rebranding the new site as Boundary on State.