Archive for January 2025

A cold and clear day at the Legislature, January 29, 2025                         JOIN US FOR EVERGREEN ADVOCATES LOBBY DAY FEB 11   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…

January 15, 2025–When governor-elect 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, while tax receipts are down. After the 2024 election, Democrats hold stronger majorities in the…