“[I-2109] could cost our kids and schools billions of dollars over the coming years and would give a tax break to millionaires and billionaires.”

“Slemp expected to return to work after having her son in August. But then she and her husband started looking for child care — and doing the math.”

“Think Tim Eyman with a bank account.”

“This past year, the state’s new capital gains tax on windfall profits from stocks and other assets poured $396 million into school construction projects, the state Department of Revenue reported in January. Many of the school projects given money in the just-ended session of the Legislature were in far-flung districts outside the urban core.”