Gov. Chris Gregoire is meeting with top state officials to discuss “what ifs” in the event legislators can’t agree on a 2011-13 operating budget by the time the current biennium ends June 30, various news media, including The Olympian, reported today.
Although this state never has witnessed a government shutdown as a result of a budget impasse, it has come close. OFM Director Marty Brown said lawmakers passed a budget on the last day of June in 1991.
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