The Senate votes in the mostly empty chamber during the final day of the legislative session at the Washington state Capitol in Olympia on Sunday. The coronavirus pandemic limited the number of people that could visit the Capitol during the session. (Bettina Hansen / The Seattle Times)
The Senate votes in the mostly empty chamber during the final day of the legislative session at the Washington state Capitol in Olympia on Sunday. (Bettina Hansen / The Seattle Times)
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As Washington Legislature wraps up, lawmakers pass a new budget, capital gains tax and clean-fuels standard

Washington state lawmakers were down to the wire Sunday on the last day of the 2021 session, as they passed bills creating a new tax on capital gains and one creating a low-carbon fuels standard. VIEW Updated

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