Rollback of mortgage lender tax break eyed to help replenish WA wildfire account

Rollback of mortgage lender tax break eyed to help replenish WA wildfire account

The Washington Department of Natural Resources and the USDA Forest Service conduct a cross-boundary prescribed fire in the Aeneas Valley in 2023. (Photo courtesy of USDA Forest Service)Legislation to eliminate a Washington state tax break for large mortgage lenders and use the revenue to partially backfill wildfire prevention programs is making progress in Olympia.  House Democrats passed the bill last Friday, sending it to the Senate. If fundin…