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Lynnwood lobbyist briefs council on 2026 session: millionaires tax, Poplar Way Bridge and budget risks
Summary
At the April 20 work session, state lobbyist Brianna Murray summarized the 2026 legislative session for Lynnwood, highlighting a new 9.9% high-earners income tax, a $200 million placeholder for cities if the tax is upheld, and an additional $1.5 million added to Poplar Way Bridge, while warning of budgetary uncertainty and downstream impacts on city revenues.
Brianna Murray, Lynnwood's state lobbyist with Gordon Thomas Honeywell Government Relations, told the City Council on April 20 that the 2026 Washington Legislature adopted a series of measures that could reshape local finances and regulatory duties. "It is a 9.9% tax on income over $1,000,000," Murray said of the high-earners ("millionaires") tax, a major policy of the session that is now subject to a legal challenge in state courts.
Why it matters: Murray said the legislature included intent language and offsets in the same package, including expansions of business tax credits and a working-families credit, and penciled approximately $200 million of support for cities and counties that would become available if the new income tax is upheld. She warned that the funding is currently an undetailed placeholder and could be changed or…
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