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Staff at the Senate Ways and Means Committee has released its revised six year budget outlook based on last weeks updated revenue forecast. And it pegs the projected budget shortfall for the next two-year budget cycle to be $3.2 billion.
It also projects the rainy day fund to total $728 million for the biennium. Some of that money, but not likely all of it, may be used to help plug the hole.
Check that. I meant projected hole. Because its just a projection. And as we've heard before the only projection that matters is the one that comes after the election. Until then there is no deficit, only a surplus and envy.
The state Democratic Party had filed suit in King County Superior Court to have Dino Rossi identified on the general election ballot as a Republican. Its legal argument is that state law requires declaration of candidacy forms to include a place for the candidate to indicate his or her major or minor party preference, or independent status and that GOP is not a major party.
WEDNESDAY UPDATE: A hearing has been set for 9 a.m. Friday.
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This responds to, "Political pledges," (Letters, Dec. 18). It is uninformed to conclude that a single political party is responsible for the nation's bankrupting debt. In 2009-10 the Democrat Party controlled all elements of the government, and in two years the national debt climbed at a faster pace than any previous administration.
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AGENDAS: Mid-Columbia public meeting schedule
AGENDAS: Mid-Columbia public meeting schedule
Here is a listing of the agendas this week for Mid-Columbia public agencies:
Monday
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