Budget and housing
Inslee last month proposed a new $70 billion two-year state operating budget. That spending document channels dollars to everything from schools and prisons to the foster-care and mental health systems, public lands and more. To fund his proposed increase, the governor uses $6 billion in projected new revenue from existing taxes. The proposal doesn’t include any new tax increases.
As part of his budget proposal, Inslee wants to put a package before voters to spur affordable-housing construction.
If Democratic leaders in the House and Senate advance that referendum, it would go on the November ballot. If voters pass it, Washington state could raise $4 billion above its
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