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Spokane County staff brief commissioners on state budget, North–South Corridor funding and key bills as legislative deadlines near
Summary
County legislative staff updated commissioners on operating and capital budgets, potential impacts for local projects including the North–South Corridor, and several bills affecting public health, criminal justice and local government authority as policy and fiscal committee cutoffs approach.
Mike Burgess, the county’s legislative liaison, told the Spokane County Board of County Commissioners on April 1 that the state Legislature is approaching policy and fiscal cutoffs and that both operating and capital budgets contain items that affect Spokane County.
Burgess said the Senate and House have produced competing transportation funding proposals and that "I will be surprised if the legislature passes a new transportation revenue package," but that the Senate’s plan relies on new revenue such as a gas tax and license-fee changes to complete projects including the North–South Corridor. He said the House carries forward funding for the corridor…
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