State budgets, signed Thursday, include money for local projects
OLYMPIA — A $63.8 billion supplemental state budget that spends on statewide programs ranging from homelessness and behavioral health and the ongoing COVID-19 response was signed Thursday by Gov. Jay Inslee.
The supplemental budget builds on the $59 billion, two-year spending plan adopted by the Legislature last year, and it benefited from a significant influx of tax revenue the state has seen over the past year. Additionally, lawmakers allocated more than $1 billion in unspent pandemic-related federal relief funds in the budget.
For Snohomish County, the supplemental budget contains $341,000 for the state’s share of the cost to add two Snohomish County Superior Court judges. There also are grants totaling $5.6 million to Snohomish County to assist refugees from Afghanistan.
While the supplemental budget has no general tax increases, it also has no across-the-board tax cuts, something Republicans had argued for throughout the legislative session that ended March 10.
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