Citing the “fragile aftermath of the Great Recession.” the Executive Director of the the state Economic and Revenue Forecast Council delivered some bad news today: the revenue forecast is now…
State revenues continue to decline
Statement from House Speaker Frank Chopp regarding today’s revenue forecast council report
“The effects of this recession on our state’s economy are unlike anything we’ve seen since the Great Depression. Today’s forecast shows we have still not turned the corner toward a…
State Rep. Jim Moeller’s statements on today’s (Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011) state-revenue forecast
“Families and businesses in Southwest Washington communities are just like fellow citizens and business folks across the rest of our state. We’re battling this Great Recession as best as we…
Statement from Rep. Marko Liias on today’s state revenue forecast
I voted against the state budget this year, because I believed that an all-cuts budget was not sustainable. The cuts to education and long-term care are examples of decisions that…
Planet Money podcast – I hope it isn’t prescient
NPR’s “Planet Money” show is interesting enough that I listened to it while exercising at the gym today. This may say more about me than about the show, but I…