Gregoire: No special session yet over state revenue emergency
Governor Christine Gregoire said she's not calling for a special session yet, despite more troubling news about Washington state's finances.
Figures released Thursday by the Economic and Revenue Forecast Council set up another round of budget troubles for state lawmakers.
A revenue projection from three months ago estimated that the state would have a $163 million buffer for the two-year budget cycle that started in July, so the new numbers indicate that lawmakers will now have a hole of about $1.2 billion.