(OLYMPIA, Wash.) – Governor Bob Ferguson has started to release details about his first proposed state budget.
2026 being an odd year, this will be just a supplemental budget lawmakers will need to approve in a shortened, 60-day legislative session.
In the details the governor's office has released thus far, we know he wants to spend heavily on repairing roads and bridges as well as programs and initiatives to build more homes.
But how will it all be paid for?
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