We will host two Budget Matters policy summits this year – one in Spokane on October 31 (register now) and one in Seattle on December 6 (registration coming soon)! The Spokane summit, featuring Jared Bernstein of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, will focus on the impact of federal and state policy decisions on eastern Washington communities. The Seattle summit, featuring Glenn Harris of Race Forward, will examine what it would take to lift up everyone to advance progress in our state. Find out more.
Our Policy Priorities
Washington state should be a place where all our residents have strong communities, great schools, and the chance for a bright future. Our 2017-2019 Legislative Agenda outlines the priorities we are working to advance to build a better Washington.
Budget Beat!
Check out the Budget Beat webinars we hosted throughout the 2017 legislative session, including our most recent Budget Beat about federal budget proposals, featuring Louisa Warren of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, on our YouTube channel.
Testimonies in Olympia
To advance our legislative priorities, the Budget & Policy Center team was in the state capitol throughout session testifying on a wide range of bills. Watch our testimonies on TVW:
Executive Director Misha Werschkul testifying against Senate bills to create exemptions to the minimum wage. Watch here and here. (Feb. 2)
Deputy Director Julie Watts testifying in support of the Senate bill and the House bill that promotes pathways to higher education for parents on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (Jan. 30, Feb. 3); and testifying in favor of the Senate's and the House's intergenerational poverty-prevention bill (Feb. 1, Feb. 3) and for a House bill that supports family economic security (Feb. 14)
