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Title	Author	Creation Date	Summary
Governor Gregoire Proposes Budget	WRC	Feb 02, 2007 04:22 AM	With $1.2 Billion Structural Deficit
Senate and House Head Towards a Compromise Budget	WRC	Apr 17, 2007 05:07 PM	Both the house and the senate have passed 2007-09 budgets that spend more than $33.3 billion. Both budgets spend $1.3 billion more than expected revenue and ma...
Gain-Sharing Pain Sharing	WRC	Feb 23, 2007 11:28 AM	The gain-sharing program was intended to be a cost-free way to enhance retirement benefits for state employees. But the economists’ truism "there is no free l...
Connecting with Health Care	WRC	Feb 26, 2007 11:29 AM	This policy brief reviews the original intent of "the connector"--a state-chartered health insurance marketplace--discusses the primary areas of concern with th...
Looking Forward to a Rainy Day in November	WRC	Sep 28, 2007 10:21 AM	In November, Washington voters will decide whether to approve or reject SJR 8206, a constitutional amendment that would establish a "rainy day fund."
Revenue Forecast Lowered	WRC	Feb 19, 2008 11:56 AM
Supreme Court Rejects Bid to Quash Initiative 960, Measure Moves to the November Ballot	WRC	Sep 11, 2007 11:27 AM	This brief was updated on 9/25/07.
Fully Recognizing the Benefits of Retirement	WRC	Feb 03, 2007 03:49 AM	The financial statements of Washington’s state and local governments do not fully reflect the cost of providing health care and certain other retirement benef...
Building Us Up for a Fall? Construction and State Tax Revenue	WRC	Feb 27, 2007 01:52 PM	Construction earnings as a share of Personal Income is at a 25-year high in Washington State. A reduction in the share back to normal levels would restrain the ...
House Drops $22.7 Billion "Reality Budget" Sets Stage for Negotiations	WRC	Mar 29, 2007 02:37 PM	The House Appropriations cochairs unveiled their 2001-2003 budget plan yesterday. The House Budget comes closer than budgets proposed by the governor and the Se...
Initiative 775: Wrong Road to Quality Care	WRC	Mar 29, 2007 02:43 PM	A new bureaucracy, expanded collective bargaining, and reduced legislative budget control would be delivered with passage of Initiative 775, a measure focusing ...
Initiative 773 – Fiscal Smoke and Mirrors	WRC	Mar 29, 2007 02:53 PM	Initiative 773 would raise Washington state cigarette taxes to $1.425 per pack, the highest in the nation.
March Revenue Forecast Released	WRC	Mar 29, 2007 03:03 PM	The March forecast reduces the funds available for the 2001-2003 biennium and shows an increased risk of recession. The legislature should be cautious in writin...
Revenue Down	WRC	Mar 29, 2007 03:18 PM	The revenue forecast announced Tuesday morning was immediately made out-ofdate by the Boeing Company’s layoff announcement.
Senate Passes Skinny Transportation Budget	WRC	Mar 29, 2007 03:21 PM	The Senate transportation budget demonstrates the inadequacy of current transportation revenues. Although adopted overwhelmingly, the budget simply sets the s...
Senate Introduces $22.8 Billion 2001-2003 Budget Plan Creative, Generous and Unsustainable	WRC	Mar 29, 2007 03:24 PM	The Senate Ways and Means committee has produced a budget that lifts state spending to $22.8 million. The plan relies heavily on one-time revenues and budget re...
State Revenue Forecast Reduced	WRC	Mar 29, 2007 03:27 PM	The Forecast Council has reduced the forecast of revenue for the 2001-03 biennium by $813 million.
With House Budget, Sustainability Challenges Lessen Only Slightly	WRC	Mar 29, 2007 03:30 PM	The sustainability of the House's proposed budget is modestly better than that of the Senate's budget.
Tacoma Bonds x 4	WRC	Mar 29, 2007 03:34 PM	Four bond measures will be placed before Tacoma voters in the May 15 special election. If all pass, the city will be authorized to issue $60 million in bonds, t...
The Governor’s Recession RecessionBudget	WRC	Mar 29, 2007 03:37 PM	The governor's supplementalbudget proposal demonstrates themagnitude of the problem facing thestate legislature next month. Hisplan relies on new revenues,spend...
Lawmakers Face Toughest Budget Challenge Since 1993	WRC	Apr 02, 2007 10:18 AM	While talk of a 'crisis' is premature, budget deliberations in Olympia will severely test lawmakers. The task is complicated by four factors: passage of two edu...
Governor's Proposed Budget Pushes the Limit	WRC	Apr 02, 2007 10:46 AM	Governor Locke's proposed biennial budget for 2001-2003 boosts general fund spending by nearly $2 billion. To accommodate some of the new spending, the legislat...
Spending Up in Governor’s 1999-2001 Supplemental Budget — Is I-601 Down?	WRC	Apr 03, 2007 09:05 AM	In the supplemental budget proposed last week, Gov. Gary Locke signals his intent to boost education spending, mitigate I- 695 revenue losses for local governme...
Governor's Proposed Budget Boosts Education Spending	WRC	Apr 03, 2007 09:08 AM	Governor Gary Locke's biennial budget for 1999-2001 lifts state spending more than 7 percent, to $20.6 billion, with most of the new money directed to public sc...
Governor's Proposed Budget Pushes the Limit	WRC	Apr 03, 2007 09:10 AM	Governor Locke's proposed biennial budget for 2001-2003 boosts general fund spending by nearly $2 billion. To accommodate some of the new spending, the legislat...