Sen. Lynda Wilson sees mixed signals in new state revenue forecast

Senate budget leader is keeping an eye on a growth projection that is noticeably lower than any time outside of the Great Recession earlier this century

VANCOUVER — While the state revenue forecast adopted today keeps the government’s revenue picture comfortably on the plus side, Sen. Lynda Wilson is keeping an eye on a growth projection that is noticeably lower than any time outside of the Great Recession earlier this century.

Wilson, R-Vancouver, is Senate Republican budget leader and chair of the state Economic and Revenue Forecast Council, which met today to adopt the third of the state’s quarterly revenue forecasts for 2023. It adjusts state government’s four-year budget outlook upward by $1.1 billion, with $663 million of that for the 2023-25 biennium and $437 million for the following two-year budget cycle.

Following the meeting she offered this assessment:

“The signals in this foreca