Washington state is expecting a $54 million increase in anticipated revenue for the remainder of the current 2023-2025 budget ...

The latest revenue estimate comes as Washington state lawmakers and Gov. Bob Ferguson try to close a massive budget shortfall ...

Washington lawmakers have been waiting on a new set of state revenue estimates as they put the final touches on budget proposals expected next week.

Those figures arrived Tuesday and further dimmed the financial outlook at a time when the ... off the table” at this stage with the budget. Washington’s chief economist, Dave Reich, explained ...

Weak population gains and increased government spending will result in slower overall economic growth over the next 30 years, ...

Those figures arrived Tuesday and further dimmed the financial outlook at a time when the ... but figuring out the exact impacts on Washington’s budget is difficult. State law requires the ...

Washington doesn't have an income tax. Former Gov. Jay Inslee had introduced a budget alternative in December ... It has a positive outlook from S&P and stable outlooks from Moody's and Fitch.

The state budget outlook is “increasingly bleak,” he said, and the district will closely watch developments in the General Assembly for the remainder of the session. Ball detailed this year ...

Mar. 28—Howard County Superintendent Bill Barnes said he's feeling "much less optimistic" about the budget outlook as the state works through closing a tough $3 billion deficit.

Washington state’s transportation budget — like its operating-budget ... collections dropping $845 million from the previous outlook in November. But the transportation-revenue situation ...