OLYMPIA — Senate Democrats on Thursday (March 23) released a blueprint for spending $70 billion in the state’s next two-year budget with large boosts in funding for special education, housing, behavioral health services and combating climate change.
It’s also got smaller sums to assist abortion providers, study police chases and bolster the availability of treatment services for those with substance use disorder.
“(It) is ambitious but it’s responsible. It rises to the many challenges people are facing in the state,” said Sen. Christine Rolfes, D-Bainbridge Island, chair of the Senate Ways and Means Committee and lead budget writer.
Overall, the proposal spends roughly $5.1 billion more than the
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