This bulletin comes from Times staff reporter Andrew Garber.

Updated at 1:45 p.m.

Senate Majority Leader Lisa Brown says the state Senate will not move ahead this legislative session with plans to put an income tax for the wealthy on the ballot.

"Many members of the Senate Democratic caucus ... still believe that changing our tax system is the right thing to do. However, we've concluded it's not the right time to do it. So we will not be moving forward with any proposals this session," Brown said.

The Spokane Democrat had been talking about proposing an income tax on people who make at lest $250,000 a year.

Brown also said, "We're not going to initiate a revenue proposal in the Senate, but we're going to consider a revenue proposal if it comes over from the House."

House Democrats are mulling whether to vote on a proposal that would ask voters to temporarily increase the state sales tax by three-tenths of a penny. The money would be used to help buy back proposed cuts in state health care. It would also provide money for a tax credit to help offset the higher sales taxes paid by the working poor.

UPDATE: The sponsor of the sales tax bill just told us that the bill is dead. Here's our post about that development.