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2023 session ends with good news for builders and remodelers

There’s plenty of good news for builders and remodelers as legislators leave Olympia. Thanks to pressure from builders and other…

Supreme Court upholds state’s new capital gains tax

The Washington State Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the state’s new capital gains tax, rejecting arguments from BIAW and…

BIAW partners to offer economic forecasts to help plan for the future

The Building Industry Association of Washington has teamed up with WFG National Title Insurance Company’s Noah Blanton to offer quarterly…

NAHB grants $10,000 to support BIAW’s document fee lawsuit

BIAW President Gary Wray and General Counsel Jackson Maynard secured $10,000 from the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) to…

Court grants stay in capital gains tax case, allows state to prepare to collect tax

The fight to strike down the state’s capital gains tax as an unconstitutional income tax continues, despite a state Supreme…

Court hears BIAW’s argument on unconstitutional tax on document filing

Thurston County Superior Court Judge Carol Murphy will hear arguments in BIAW’s challenge to the state’s unconstitutional tax on document…