Mark Schoesler

State Sen. Mark Schoesler and other Senate Republicans voted against three tax increases that were supported Saturday by majority Senate Democrats as the 2025 legislative session approaches its scheduled end. “Unfortunately, this is shaping up as the year of taxes in Washington,” said Schoesler, R-Ritzville. “These three proposals, combined with...

The Senate today unanimously approved its version of the 2025-27 state capital budget, with the Republicans who helped develop the spending plan praising it for addressing needs throughout Washington. “What we have is a capital budget for the entire state,” said 9th District Sen. Mark Schoesler, R-Ritzville, the lead Republican...

This is no April Fools’ Day joke: A proposal introduced by Senate Democrats that would significantly raise property taxes in Washington saw more than 43,000 people sign in to oppose it, more than four times the opposition received for any previous bill to receive a public hearing in the Senate....

The new two-year state operating-budget proposal passed by Senate Democrats today needlessly increases spending and raises taxes by a record amount, says Sen. Mark Schoesler. The Senate’s operating budget was passed 28-21, with Schoesler and all other Republicans and two Democrats voting against it. The Senate Democrats’ operating budget has...