1. Hoping to raise $1 billion in new revenue, Reps in the State House introduced a bill on Friday to temporarily raise the sales tax by 1 percent. (The state is currently facing a $2.8 billion shortfall.)

Seattle Reps. Eric Pettigrew, Sharon Nelson, Mary Lou Dickerson, and Jamie Pedersen are among the 16 sponsors.

Tomorrow is cutoff for bills to make it out of their house of origin.

The lefty Washington Budget & Policy Center has an analysis of the bill here and recommends coupling the increase with a tax rebate for poor families.

2. Is Microsoft about to get a $100 million tax break in Olympia? Citizens for Tax Enforcement thinks so.



3. On Friday, King County Superior Court ruled against Seattle's gun ban in parks.

4. We will continue to report out the story we posted on Friday —that Seattle Schools Superintendent Maria Goodloe-Johnson did not reveal she was on the board of a Portland-based nonprofit that won a $370,000 contract with the Seattle schools until after the fact.

Our main question: What ethics rules are in place at Seattle Public Schools?

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