Chris Gildon

PIERCE COUNTY — The state lawmakers serving parts of Pierce County, including Puyallup, South Hill, Summit, and Waller are holding an in-person town hall meeting from 9:30 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 11. Sen. Chris Gildon and Reps. Cyndy Jacobsen and Michael Keaton will take questions and comments from...

OLYMPIA… The latest quarterly state revenue forecast shows the state’s operating budget is headed into negative territory despite this year’s passage of a state-record $12.2 billion, four-year package of tax increases. The third-quarter predictions from the state’s chief economist have revenue collections for the 2025-27 operating-budget cycle falling $412 million...

OLYMPIA… The second of this year’s quarterly state-revenue forecasts was adopted today by Sen. Chris Gildon and other members of the state Economic and Revenue Forecast Council. The new predictions from the state’s chief economist have revenue collections for the 2025-27 and 2027-29 operating-budget cycles falling $490 million and $638...

OLYMPIA… Senate Republican leaders say the governor chose the wrong side today in signing a new state operating budget that relies on the largest package of tax increases in Washington history. Despite earlier denouncing new taxes that would hit the state’s working families, Gov. Bob Ferguson decided not to veto...

OLYMPIA… The state Senate’s majority Democrats today moved Washington closer to the largest set of tax increases in state history, sending the first wave of this year’s Democrat tax hikes to Gov. Bob Ferguson. The three major tax bills receiving final legislative approval from majority Democrats are: a sales-tax increase...

OLYMPIA… Today the Senate majority approved a sales-tax increase that will hit lower- and middle-income families harder, a tax increase that will drive capital out of Washington, and a collection of unrelated tax increases that includes a new tax on self-storage rentals. Sen. Chris Gildon of Puyallup, Senate Republican budget...

Click here to view this week’s report from the legislative session. Dear Friends and Neighbors, It’s day 96 of this year’s 105-day legislative session. By now we’ve been able to see which bills are considered priorities by the majority, and which are not. The majority has approved several bills that...

OLYMPIA… The Republican senators who crafted the no-new-taxes “$ave Washington” operating budget say they agree with Gov. Bob Ferguson’s view that the $12 billion package of tax increases proposed by Senate Democrats this week is too large. From Sen. Chris Gildon of Puyallup, who is Senate Republican budget leader: “We...

OLYMPIA… As Washingtonians mark Tax Day, Olympia is seeing a second wave of tax proposals from the state Senate’s majority Democrats, to go with the $21 billion in new and higher taxes wrapped into the operating-budget proposal they endorsed two weeks ago. The majority’s new tax legislation emerged today –...