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    Seattle Defends Its New High-Earner Income Tax In Court

    The first legal steps challenging a Seattle income tax pit the city's progressive policy against long-standing resistance to taxing income in Washington state.
    by Anna Boiko-Weyrauch Nov 16, 2017 2 minutes
    A view of the Port of Seattle and the city's stadium district nearing dusk. On Friday, a trial court judge is scheduled to hear legal challenges to the city's new income tax on the wealthy.

    Documentary filmmaker Christopher Rufo doesn't make enough money to have to pay Seattle's new high-earners tax, but he still wants to keep Seattle income-tax-free. So much so, he joined around 30 plaintiffs suing the city.

    On Friday, a trial court judge is scheduled to hear legal challenges to the city's new income tax on the wealthy, approved this summer by the Seattle City Council

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