OLYMPIA — On Friday, the Senate passed its proposed 2025–27 supplemental operating budget that continues key investments in health care, education, and behavioral health while maintaining access to essential services Washington families rely on every day. The roughly $79.3 billion plan updates the state’s current 2025–27 operating budget to reflect increased demand for services including Apple Health coverage, behavioral health treatment, and long-term care for seniors and people with disabilities, as well as rising costs to continue programs already in place. The Senate-passed proposal includes approximately $1.7 billion in maintenance-level adjustments for the 2025–27 biennium to continue services the Legislature has already committed to provide, driven largely by caseload growth and rising per-person costs in programs such as Medicaid and long-term care. The proposal is ...
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Sen. June Robinson represents Washington’s 38th Legislative District, which includes Everett, Marysville, and the Tulalip Reservation. She is the chair of the Senate Ways & Means Committee and a member of the Senate Health & Long-Term Care Committee. Robinson previously served in the House of Representatives from 2013 until May 2020, when she was appointed to the Senate.
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