Gov. Gary Locke says his proposed supplemental state budget would boost Washington’s economy by investing in state colleges and universities.
The $192.7 million supplemental General Fund budget would open classroom doors to thousands more college students while targeting other top priorities from rural health care to the cost of recent natural disasters, according to news release from Locke’s office.
Locke also proposed a $168 million capital construction budget to build more higher education facilities, a badly needed state prison and other vital projects. This budget would create new private-sector construction jobs as the projects get under way.
The proposal also continues $74 million worth of tax incentives designed to stimulate business investment in research and development and growth of manufacturing in rural areas.
The 2004 supplemental budget makes mid-course adjustments to the two-year, $23 billion General Fund budget adopted by the Legislature six months ago.
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