"<span class=""caption"">Washington state cut both merit raises and instituted furloughs as it faced a projected $8.8 billion budget deficit because of the coronavirus.</span> <span class=""attribution""><a class=""link rapid-noclick-resp"" href=""https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/washington-state-olympia-state-capitol-building-with-spring-news-photo/452908636?adppopup=true"" rel=""nofollow noopener"" target=""_blank"" data-ylk=""slk:Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images"">Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images</a></span>"
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