OLYMPIA — Washington state’s latest revenue forecast dropped this week and the news is bleak: The state expects to bring in about $903 million less over the next four years than what lawmakers were counting on — adding even more pressure as the state already faces a massive budget shortfall.

Come January, lawmakers will be back in Olympia, trying to balance the state’s two-year supplemental budget. It won’t be easy with more cuts and additional taxes on the table.

Legislators already worked to shore up an estimated $12 billion to $16 billion budget hole by cutting services and approving a sweeping package of additional taxes to the tune of more than $9 billion. With collections continuing to fall short, Senate budget chair June Robinson, D-Everett, says “barring a miracle,” budget writer

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