Inslee's 2019 budget

Here are highlights of Gover-nor Jay Inslee’s 2019 budget supported in the Weekly News Dec. 19 editorial. The two-year budget proposes $54.6 billion in general fund spending and almost $4 billion in new revenues – taxes.

This budget is about 20 percent higher than the current one.

These five program areas would get additional funds if the legislature enacts Inslee’s proposal:

Education, K-12, $4.6 billion; college, $103 million for college financial aid expansion.

$4.1 billion, McCleary

$214 million, local levy authority

$173 million, comprehensive early learning initiative

$103 million,...