WATCH: Business leaders fear mass exodus following House income tax vote

(The Center Square) – The day after majority party Democrats in the Washington State House of Representatives passed, after a 24-hour debate, a tax on annual personal income exceeding $1 million, business organization across the state are sounding the alarm.

On the same day the House approved Senate Bill 6346, former Starbucks CEO Howard Shultz and his wife announced on X that they have moved to Florida, leaving Washington after nearly half a century.

Patrick Connor, Washington state director for the National Federation of Independent Business, issued a Wednesday statement in response to the House’s passage of the controversial income tax.

“The majority party repeatedly mentioned they were doing this to help small business, a nod to the expanded [business and occu...