Frustration boils up after Ferguson vetoes two tiny grants in WA budget

By: Jerry Cornfield

Outlets: Washington State Standard

Published: April 9, 2026

Words: 1,073

Last Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago

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A week after Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson signed a nearly $80 billion budget, questions remain as to why he vetoed two grants that amounted to a molecule of the spending plan.

Ferguson and Democratic lawmakers slashed millions of dollars from child care and education and siphoned hundreds of millions from emergency reserves to overcome a projected $2.3 billion shortfall and balance the budget that runs through mid-2027.

He agreed with those big-ticket pieces …

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