“This law puts small business owners in our state directly in the crosshairs. Washington has long been a place where entrepreneurs can thrive — this tax changes that overnight.”

So said Elizabeth Milito, executive director NFIB’s Small Business Legal Center, to one reporter. And to another reporter, she noted, “If by chance we don’t prevail, then you better believe that the legislature’s going to come back … So, I do really fear that this is the first step towards an income tax … If we don’t defeat this in court, it’s the first step towards an income tax on all Washingtonians.”

The warnings of both Milito and NFIB State Director Patrick Connor have been widely reported on not just in Washington state but also across the nation.

Subscribing media to stories produced by The Center Square, Washington State Standard, and the Courthouse News Service, which have covered NFIB’s involvement in the lawsuit, include online media giants Yahoo News and Brushwood Media Network, as well as dozens of dailies, weeklies, radio and TV stations, and local online news sites across the nation. Here at home, representative examples include The Chronicle (Centralia), the Kitsap Sun, KRKO Radio (Everett), and Fox 28 TV in Spokane, and numerous publications and online sites in between.

Recent media mentions of NFIB and the lawsuit include:

— May 2, The Columbian, Donnelly: Election season likely to feature ‘millionaire tax’

— April 17, The Center Square, WATCH: Why this Kent trucking business owner is suing to block WA’s new income tax

— April 13, The Center Square, WATCH: Why national business group has joined the lawsuit again WA income tax

— April 9, Courthouse News Service, Washington state millionaire tax faces legal challenge

— April 8, Washington State Standard, Court battle set to begin over Washington’s new income tax

Previous News Releases and Web Stories

— April 9: NFIB Joins Lawsuit Against New State Income Tax

— March 30: Fight Against State Income Tax Shifts to Lawsuit, Ballot Initiative

— March 30: Comment on Signing of the Signing of Millionaire Tax Into Law

— March 14: Ask Gov. Ferguson to Veto Millionaire Tax

— March 14: Media Echo Concern NFIB Concerns About Millionaire Tax

— March 11: Post-Millionaire Tax Vote Comment

— March 2: NFIB Launches Radio, Digital Ads to Stop State Income Tax

— February 27: Millionaire Tax Advances

— February 23: NFIB Launches Campaign to Oppose Millionaire Tax

— February 20: Millionaire Tax Proposal Begins House Journey

— February 18: NFIB Takes Opposition to Millionaires Tax to the Airwaves

— February 16: Please Act Now!—Stop Senate Bill 6346

— February 8: NFIB Has a Busy Week of Testifying on Major Legislation

— February 1: Voice Your Opinion on the Millionaire Tax

— January 25: No Small Business Relief in Millionaire Tax

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