Frustration Boils up After Ferguson Vetoes Two Tiny Grants in WA Budget

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

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. Read more...

Frustration boils up after Ferguson vetoes two tiny grants in WA budget • Washington State Standard

A mother and daughter take part in the Prime Time Family Reading Program in Kennewick, Washington. (Photo by Kirk Hirota/Courtesy of Humanities Washington)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 m…

Governor vetoes funding for popular family reading program

Gov. Bob Ferguson’s decision to veto $300,000 in funding for Washington’s Prime Time Family Reading Program is raising questions among educators and advocates who say the cut will have an outsized impact on families across the state. The veto came as part of a nearly $80 billion budget signed recently, where most major spending decisions remained intact—but this relatively minor line item did not. The reading program, launched by Humanities Wash…

Ferguson budget veto of two tiny grants puzzles some

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 ...