Washington state lawmakers could be close to agreement on spending, taxes

After weeks of deadlock, Washington lawmakers could be close to reaching an agreement in principle on a state budget, House and Senate budget writers said Friday.
“Yeah, I think we can get it sorted out by the end of the day,” Democrat Timm Ormby, House budget chair, said of an agreement being negotiated on how much the state budget will spend over the next two years and where the money will come from — though the details are still to be worked out.
Republican John Br