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Governor Ferguson signs Washington’s contentious $77.9B operating budget
Discvover the contentious $77.9B operating budget and its impact on Washington's future, as Governor Bob Ferguson signed it ...
Budget gimmick endorsed by Ferguson downplays WA’s huge lawsuit costs
Gov. Bob Ferguson has styled himself a fiscal reformer, but he led the way on a budget gimmick that ignores some $500 million ...
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Ferguson signs $77.8 billion budget with largest tax hike in WA state history at $9.4 billion
Washington Governor Bob Ferguson entered office warning that a $16 billion dollar budget shortfall over the next four years ...
Raises for one union not funded in WA budget, leading to finger-pointing
Washington Public Employees Association, which represents 5,300 state employees, asked Gov. Ferguson to veto a budget bill ...
WA state lawmakers passed a final budget, but what happens next?
On the last day of the 2025 legislative session — and following months of intense debate — Washington state lawmakers passed a final operating budget. Legislators’ work may be done for the time being, ...
Ferguson signs budget boosting Washington state spending and taxes
A six-cent increase to the gas tax and boosts to business taxes are part of the $77.8 billion two-year budget signed May 20.
Here’s what Trump’s budget proposal cuts by agency
Trump’s budget generally left the Treasury Department alone — except for the IRS. The budget seeks to cut IRS funding by $2.5 ...
Trump Administration Asks Supreme Court to Shield DOGE From Releasing Records
Government lawyers asked the justices to block a lower court order that Elon Musk’s team and the Office of Management and ...
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Washington state Legislature’s budget doubles public defense funds — but counties say it’s still not enough
Jake Parrish / InvestigateWest While Washington state lawmakers’ budget more than doubles funding ... deputy director for the state’s Office of Public Defense, which provides supplemental ...