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Seattle officials review 2025 state legislative session, highlight budget cuts and key bills
Summary
Seattle's Office of Intergovernmental Relations briefed the City Council on the 2025 Washington state legislative session, outlining the final $77.8 billion operating budget, major revenue changes and bills of local importance, and noting program cuts that could affect city services.
The City of Seattle's Office of Intergovernmental Relations (OIR) told the City Council on May 5 that the 2025 Washington state legislative session closed amid sharp political division and a $16 billion budget shortfall, producing a final $77.8 billion operating budget that includes both cuts and new revenue measures.
The briefing, delivered by Mina Hashemi, director of the Office of Intergovernmental Relations, summarized the session and what passed that affects Seattle. "From the opening days, the atmosphere in Olympia was fraught with deep division," Hashemi said. She told the council the final budget includes nearly $6 billion in cuts and about $9 billion in new revenue across the four-year outlook and that the governor may sign or partially veto the package.
Why it matters: the budget sets funding for programs Seattle relies on, and several of the session's revenue and…
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