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Wash. gov offers no-tax budget for $6B shortfall
Gov. Chris Gregoire is proposing a no-new-taxes state budget that would fix a nearly $6 billion deficit with heavy spending cuts, money transfers and some borrowing.
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Gov. Chris Gregoire is proposing a no-new-taxes state budget that would fix a nearly $6 billion deficit with heavy spending cuts, money transfers and some borrowing.
Gregoire's plan halts raises for teachers and state employees, and suspends new training money for home-care workers. Those steps would violate voter-approved initiatives and previously negotiated labor contracts.
The Democratic governor wants to cut state payments to four-year universities by 13 percent and tap the state's new Rainy Day Fund. She also wants to raid some smaller state bank accounts - including $200 million in lottery money from the construction budget, which would be repaid with bonds.
Lawmakers meet in early January to begin considering Gregoire's proposal.
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