Capital budget includes funds for area projects

OLYMPIA — The Senate’s 2024 supplemental budget includes funding for 9th Legislative District priorities.

“The budget approved today has funding for projects related to K-12 and higher education, public safety, housing, water infrastructure, behavioral health and more,” Sen. Mark Schoesler, R-Ritzville, said. “It puts priorities over ‘pork’ and takes a statewide approach, as it well should.”

Schoesler is the Republican leader on the Senate capital budget; his district includes Cheney, Medical Lake and nearby communities in Adams, Lincoln, Whitman and other counties.

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