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State lawmakers propose lifting cap on property taxes

As legislators struggle to agree on how to fund schools, roads and government services, a pair of state lawmakers are throwing another proposal into the mix — lifting the 1 percent property tax cap.

OLYMPIA — As legislators struggle to agree on how to fund schools, roads and government services, a pair of state lawmakers are throwing another tax proposal into the mix.

Two state representatives Tuesday introduced a bill that would lift the 1 percent cap on local property tax levies.

Voters approved the 1 percent cap in 2001 via Initiative 747. In 2007, the state Supreme Court struck it down — and lawmakers and then-Gov.