OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Gov. Chris Gregoire will call for another special session as the Washington state Legislature is set to reach a midnight deadline for the current 30-day special session.
Cory Curtis, a spokesman for Gregoire, says Gregoire will have lawmakers start the new special session right at midnight to continue their work into the morning.
Her announcement was set to come minutes before the deadline, midnight Tuesday, to officially close out the special session. Lawmakers had been passing bills tied to the budget right up until the deadline, but weren’t able to move everything before time ran out.
