While both the House (page 2) and Senate (page 10) have passed versions of a supplemental budget designed to chip away at the projected $566 million shortfall (originally $1.1 billion last November) in the fiscal year that ends this June, budget negotiators are still grappling with proposal differences.
House and Senate Ways & Means chairs and ranking members met with the governor’s office for a “five-corners” meeting late Friday afternoon and appear to be getting close to an agreement.
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Updates on the Legislature and state government from the Washington State School Directors' Association.
