Gregoire budget: All cuts, for now
Governor Gregoire has proposed, “with the greatest reluctance,” a new Washington State budget that fills a projected $2.6 billion deficit by cutting $1.7 billion from state programs and using $900 million in “rainy day” savings and fund balances. But she says she hopes the Legislature won’t pass her own no-new-taxes budget that she was required by state law to submit. She called her proposal “balanced, but unjust” and said she’ll propose a second budget next month that restores many of…