Budget shortfalls, school closures, wildfires

MOSES LAKE – How can Washington state address a $4 billion budget shortfall if the governor will not call a special legislative session to discuss the problem?

This was one of many issues discussed during a media call Monday, Sept. 28, hosted by Republican legislators.

Sen. Judy Warnick, R-Moses Lake, expressed frustration that the governor has not called a special session to address the budget.

“Not in the history of this state have we been unable to meet. Other states have met and called a special session,” she noted.

Warnick’s district includes Lincoln County.

Sen. John Braun of Centralia p...