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City staff preview 2025 state legislative session: budget shortfalls, transport funding and housing bills to watch
Summary
City staff warned the Bellevue City Council that the 2025 legislative session will be dominated by budget shortfalls in both operating and transportation budgets and flagged several bills and revenue options the city will monitor closely.
Katie Kasumba Halsey, assistant director for intergovernmental relations, briefed the Bellevue City Council on priorities and risks for the 2025 Washington State Legislature, emphasizing large budget shortfalls and a crowded bill load.
Halsey said the operating budget faces an approximately $10–$12 billion shortfall over the next four years and that the transportation budget is short roughly $200 million in the coming biennium and faces a roughly $6…
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