Losing $1 million a day without a budget?

That's what a visibly irritated Governor Gregoire said during a March 15 press conference. According to the Office of Financial Management, however, that figure was based on the Governor’s November budget being implemented as proposed. With changes in caseloads, the revenue forecast and actions taken in December the savings lost figure isn’t that high but there is a cost with each day’s delay without a budget . . . READ MORE