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Senate Dems' budget plan avoids deeper cuts to education

Senate Democrats will propose a budget Tuesday that spares K-12 and higher education from additional cuts, Senate Ways and Means Chairman Ed Murray said Monday.

The budget also won't suggest asking voters to approve a sales-tax increase. Murray said such a tax proposal is "highly unlikely" this session.

Those were the only details Murray would divulge. He would not discuss cuts, or whether his budget would delay certain K-12 payments, which House Democrats included in their budget proposal last week.