Evergreen at the Legislature

Month January 2025

Many Bills, One Budget to Rule Them All

January 30, 2025—As a hard winter chill sets in around the Capitol Campus, legislators are glumly considering how to maintain services to citizens, including higher education, while wrestling with a $12 billion gap in the operating budget. There is no… Continue Reading →

New Leadership and a Big Budget Hole

January 15, 2025–When Governor Bob Ferguson and 147 Washington state lawmakers arrived in Olympia this week, they faced an operating budget deficit estimated at $12 billion. Demand for social services, education, health care and other publicly funded services is up,… Continue Reading →

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