New Jersey offers Washington budget roadmap

Next week the first of Governor Gregoire's budget reform hearings will be held in Tacoma (July 19) and Everett (July 21). These are to provide the public an opportunity to weigh in on the spending changes needed to help address the state's projected $3 billion budget shortfall. With the likely passage of Initiative 1053 and the reinstatement of the two-thirds vote requirement, real budget reform versus additional tax increases will be necessary. Thankfully it can be done as New Jersey has shown . . . READ MORE