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.
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.
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