If you have plans to visit a Washington State Park over the Fourth of July, Washington Gov. Inslee has a message for you.
“You’ll be able to go that park next weekend,” Inslee said. “I wouldn’t tell you that if I didn’t believe it was going to happen.”
Washington lawmakers will convene a third special session at noon Sunday. This time they have a budget deal that Inslee says will avert a partial government shutdown Wednesday.
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Money runs out for parks and other state functions Tuesday. With the clock running out legislative leaders and the governor negotiated into the wee hours Saturday morning to get a budget deal.
“Washingtonians deserve a good, solid bipartisan budget,” Inslee told reporters Saturday afternoon. “This consensus delivers to Washingtonians a good, solid bipartisan budget.”
Inslee wouldn’t release many details Saturday. But a one-page handout said the budget will put more than $1 billion into basic education, reduce college tuition and close some yet-to-be named tax breaks.