In February, as lawmakers were updating the state budget for the current biennium, The Columbian editorially offered a gentle reminder: “Just because you have money, that doesn’t mean you have to spend it.”
But spend it they did. The Democratic-led Legislature passed a supplemental budget that brought state spending to $64.1
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