Senator Kevin Ranker, D-Orcas Island, released the following statement after the Legislature’s adjournment sine die.

“Today’s agreement and progress marks a down payment and fills a quarter of our projected $2 billion revenue shortfall.

“While we are not yet done, for the time being we have managed to avoid eliminating critical public services like the Basic Health Plan and rollbacks in environmental priorities.

“We will return in January to continue a thoughtful dialogue on how best to solve our revenue shortfall and within that dialogue, all options must be on the table – including a discussion of new revenue, tax preference reform and additional cuts.

“In order to move forward as a community and a state, we must have a full and honest budget discussion and in this discussion, I welcome any and all input.

The budget bill, HB 2058 – 2011-12, is online.