11th of January 2016
2016 Legislative Session Begins Today
The state legislature convenes today, Jan. 11. This year is a short session, 60 days. It's also a "supplemental" budget year, which means lawmakers make relatively minor changes to the larger two-year budget they approved last session. Budget-wise, as we noted in an earlier post on Gov. Inslee's proposed supplemental budget, one of the big […]
6th of January 2016
6th of September 2011
WRC economist named to state debt commission
Kriss Sjoblom, WRC vice president and economist, will serve on the new state debt commission established by SB 5181. Here’s how the bill report describes the commission’s activity. A commission is established to examine the use of debt in Washington State and make recommendations on debt policy and debt limitations. Commission members include the State […]