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Seattle intergovernmental office outlines late-stage state bills, revenue package as sine die nears
Summary
Seattle’s Office of Intergovernmental Relations told the City Council on April 21 that several priority state bills have advanced toward the governor while negotiators are hashing out a multibillion-dollar revenue package ahead of next Sunday’s sine die deadline.
Seattle’s Office of Intergovernmental Relations updated the City Council on April 21 about the state legislature’s approaching sine die date and a negotiated revenue package that could raise roughly $12 billion over four years.
Mina Hashemi, director of the Office of Intergovernmental Relations, told council members the session had reached week 15 with six days left and that several Seattle-priority bills have moved forward while others stalled at the opposite-house cutoff.
“The senate actually held a ways and means committee quickly afterward at 05:30 to focus on new revenue proposals, which underscores the ongoing discussions about the state's fiscal strategy,” Hashemi said during the briefing.
Hashemi and her colleagues…
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