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Battle brews over Wash. plan to ban natural gas Source: By David Iaconangelo, E&E News reporter • Posted: Sunday, December 20, 2020
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D). Inslee/Flickr
Washington Gov. and former Democratic presidential candidate Jay Inslee has proposed what would be the nation’s first statewide law banning natural gas in buildings, solidifying the state’s status as a center of the building electrification movement.
Unveiled earlier this week as part of a broader climate package, Inslee’s proposal would prohibit natural gas-powered space and water heating in all new homes and commercial buildings by 2030. Stoves could run on gas until 2050, at which point the entire existing building stock would have to switch to electric stovetops, heat pumps and boilers.
As a former councilor, Sununu understands the role councilors play.
But he decided to ask voters to give him a different, Republican-led group after the Democratic majority denied him key political appointments, including
Gordon MacDonald as New Hampshire Supreme Court chief justice, 2018 congressional nominee
Eddie Edwards as a professional licensing chief and
Ryan Terrell of Nashua to a seat on the Board of Education.
Milford Republican
Joe Kenney return to the council after avenging their 2018 losses to Nashua Democrat
Debora Pignatelli and Hanover Democrat
Michael Cryans.
Wheeler thought voters were galvanized by the record of number of bills passed by the Democratic-controlled Legislature and vetoed by Sununu.
Inslee proposes pair of new taxes
Capital gains, tax on health insurers would offset losses By RACHEL LA CORTE, Associated Press
Published: December 17, 2020, 8:39pm
Share: Washington Gov. Jay Inslee sits in front of a graphic showing money in his budget proposal earmarked for culvert removal and salmon habitat restoration as he talks to reporters, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020, at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. Inslee is proposing a new capital gains tax and a tax on health insurers as part of his two-year budget proposal that seeks to offset the revenue losses the state has seen during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and to help bolster the state s public health system. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
Gov. Inslee proposes capital gains tax, tax on health insurers to offset pandemic revenue losses
By Rachel La Corte and Q13 News Staff
Published
OLYMPIA, Wash. - Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is proposing a new capital gains tax and a tax on health insurers as part of his two-year, $57.6 billion budget proposal that seeks to offset the revenue losses the state has seen during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and to help bolster the state’s public health system.
Last month’s state revenue forecast showed that while the state has made some gains since the first round of business closures earlier this year, revenue projections through mid-2023 are about $3.3 billion below what they were projected to be before the pandemic hit. The budget proposal released Thursday looks to drain the state’s so-called rainy day fund of $1.7 billion to handle the immediate budget issues, while the new revenue is intended to continue covering those costs as that emergency fund replenishes in fut
Inslee proposes capital gains tax, tax on health insurers
By RACHEL LA CORTEDecember 18, 2020 GMT
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is proposing a new capital gains tax and a tax on health insurers as part of his two-year, $57.6 billion budget proposal that seeks to offset the revenue losses the state has seen during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and to help bolster the state’s public health system.
Last month’s state revenue forecast showed that while the state has made some gains since the first round of business closures earlier this year, revenue projections through mid-2023 are about $3.3 billion below what they were projected to be before the pandemic hit. The budget proposal released Thursday looks to drain the state’s so-called “rainy day” fund of $1.7 billion to handle the immediate budget issues, while the new revenue is intended to continue covering those costs as that emergency fund replenishes in future years.