Tonight's episode of Inside Olympia is a must-see for anyone interested in what's to come in the 2010 session.
During the first half of the show, Austin Jenkins interviews Governor Gregoire who will be releasing a supplemental budget proposal to the Legislature next week.
Her proposal, as required by law, will be a spending plan based on estimated revenues, which for the remaining half of the 2009-2011 biennium are down $2.6 billion. Since already cutting $4 billion from our budget last session, Gregoire plainly states that an additional round of deep cuts would be devastating for the people of our state and raising revenue is an option that is now on the table.
During the second half of the show, Jenkins speaks with two of the (rapidly shrinking number of) Capitol press corps reporters, Rachel LaCorte from the Associated Press and Brad Shannon from the Olympian.
Tune in at 7 and 10, or watch it online here.