State budget shuts out funding for Imagination Library

The final 2025–2027 operating budget for Washington state reneges on earlier commitments made by the state in 2022. Funding to expand the Imagination Library of Washington was not included in the final budget, which could impact over 121,000 children currently enrolled in the program.

Founded by Dolly Parton in 1995 in honor of her father — who could not read or write — the Imagination Library is...