WA Budget Cuts: New Website Highlights Disastrous Budget Cuts
OLYMPIA – House Democrats have launched a new website today, WA Budget Cuts, highlighting the all cuts, no revenue budget former Governor Jay Inslee was required to prepare, called the “Book 1” Budget. This example budget relied only on existing law, and no new revenue, to balance the $12 billion budget deficit Washington state is facing. These reductions do not reflect input from, or decisions made by, Governor Bob Ferguson. WA Budget Cuts highlights the largest of the possible cuts and provides a perspective on what these cuts would mean to communities across the state….
Democrats are considering all proposed budget cuts and balancing those impacts against the need for revenue, which could stave off reductions to the social safety net that exists in Washington state thanks to the last three cycles of budget investments.
“This is really stark stuff. Everyone in this state will be impacted,” said Rep. Timm Ormsby (D-Spokane), chair of the Appropriations Committee. “All of us know someone who needs help once in a while. If we have to make these kinds of cuts, that help probably isn’t going to be there anymore.”
- Washington State House Democrats, February 24, 2025