The numbers released Friday by the Washington State Economic and Revenue Forecast Council provide key information as state lawmakers and Gov. Jay Inslee prepare to write a new two-year state budget. That spending blueprint funds schools, parks, prisons, public lands, the state’s mental health system and other social services.
Overall, projections for the current two-year budget cycle came in almost $762 million higher than expected, according to the council. The state is also projected to bring in about $681 million more than anticipated for the coming 2023-2025 budget cycle – the budget lawmakers and Inslee are tasked with drafting during the legislative session that begins in January.
That sets up
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