Budget Overview In our closing e-newsletter of the 2016 session, I want to share with you a little about the operating and capital budgets and how they work together to…
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How did your priorities fare this session?
With special session wrapped up, and the supplemental budget on its way to the Governor’s desk, I want to respond to YOUR questions. Below is a quick update on the…
House construction budget ‘builds a better Washington’
New K-3 classrooms, affordable housing & mental health facilities OLYMPIA—The House released a bipartisan construction budget along with a related proposal that would put $1 billion toward building schools in…
Families are the focus of House budget proposal
OLYMPIA – House Democrats unveiled their 2015-17 supplemental operating budget plan on Monday – a budget that will invest $467 million to meet critical needs of the state like addressing…
House passes bills to help schools meet the mental health needs of students
OLYMPIA—This afternoon the House of Representatives passed two bipartisan measures sponsored by Rep. Lillian Ortiz-Self, D-Mukilteo, to address students’ mental health issues in Washington schools before they become crisis situations….