Washington, like nearly every other state in the country, is still feeling the economic drag that’s resulted from the worst recession our nation has seen since the 1930’s. Heading into the 2011 session last January, the legislature faced a $5.1 billion budget hole for 2011-13 biennium. Before we adjourned, we passed a bipartisan budget that not only filled that gap but also spent nearly $750 million less that the experts predicted we would collect in revenue during the next two years.
