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Issaquah lobbyist briefs council on 2025 legislative session: SR 18 funding preserved, mixed results on city priorities
Summary
City lobbyist Shelley Helger summarized outcomes of the 2025 Washington legislative session: partial funding was secured for the SR 18 widening, several city requests advanced, some grants were reappropriated, and other priorities were delayed or vetoed.
City Government Affairs Specialist Shelley Helger briefed the Issaquah City Council Monday on the results of the 2025 Washington legislative session, describing a mix of wins and setbacks for the city amid a state budget shortfall.
Helger said the 2025 operating budget totals $77.8 billion, the capital budget $7.5 billion and the transportation budget $15.5 billion. Facing a multibillion‑dollar shortfall, the legislature combined spending reductions and new revenue to balance the biennial budgets, Helger told the council.
On transportation, Issaquah — as a member of the Southeast Area Legislative Transportation Coalition — sought protection for previously allocated funding for State Route 18. Helger said Representative Victoria Hunt secured a House amendment providing $10 million in the…
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