As coronavirus freezes the economy, Gov. Inslee slashes hundreds of millions of dollars from Washington state budget

With the coronavirus effectively shuttering Washington’s economy and crushing state tax collections, Gov. Jay Inslee used his veto pen Friday to slash $445 million in spending from the state operating budget.

In a perhaps unprecedented move, Inslee made line-item vetoes to 147 programs as he signed the state supplemental operating budget, which tweaked Washington’s two-year spending blueprint.

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As coronavirus freezes the economy, Gov. Inslee slashes hundreds of millions of dollars from Washington state budget

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