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A bare-bones transportation budget was announced Wednesday by top-ranking Senators on the State Senate's Transportation Committee. The focus of the budget is to keep afloat high profile projects, such as the Alaskan Way Viaduct, the 520 projects and the ailing ferry system.
The state is facing a $514 million transportation shortfall for the 2009-11 biennial budget. The decline of funds is because the state gets the majority of its revenue for transportation projects from the state gas tax. |
Washington state Rep. Ross Hunter, D-Bellevue, wants to start taxing streaming online videos.
Hunter told the Seattle Times that watching a video online should be no different than renting a video at a video store, therefore, it should be taxed. |
