Budget and School Funding The top task this session was to live up to our responsibility to fully fund education for Washington’s 1.1 million school kids. We knew it would…
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Shutdown averted – here’s what’s in the new state budget
Dear Friends & Neighbors, We are expecting to pass an agreed upon operating budget late tonight. It makes a historic investment in our K-12 system, keeps us from laying-off over…
Links to 2017-19 budget documents now live
Below are the 17-19 budget details provided by nonpartisan staff for the proposed negotiated budget between the House and Senate. OPR (nonpartisan) Summary document: https://leap.leg.wa.gov/leap/Budget/Detail/2017/hoSummary_0630.pdf Agency Detail: https://leap.leg.wa.gov/leap/Budget/Detail/2017/hoAgyDetail_0630.pdf Four-Year Budget…
State government shutdown would hurt families, schools, businesses of the 1st Legislative District
OLYMPIA—A state government shutdown has never happened before in the history of Washington state. But what happens if a budget agreement isn’t reached by June 30, the end of the…
What happens if there’s a state government shutdown?
State budget negotiations are down to the wire A THIRD special session is underway in Olympia. Why is it taking so long to reach a budget agreement? Democrats have a…