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Local newspapers and broadcasters safe from digital ad tax for now

by By Elizah Lourdes Rendorio , Legislative Intern
| February 17, 2026 4:50 PM

OLYMPIA — Earlier this week, Washington lawmakers voted to maintain the exemption for sales tax on advertising services for newspapers and radio and television broadcasting in the state’s digital ad tax.

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