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| Eyman's supermajority initiative: Tougher sale this time | Another election year, another go-round with Tim Eyman, the initiative king. I’m doing everything I can as a volunteer in opposition to this year’s Initiative 1185, so bear in mind that I am co-chair of the No on 1185 Committee as I share at Crosscut some of the featured themes of the debate.… |
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| Deal would give back 3 percent wage cuts to state workers | Negotiators for Gov. Chris Gregoire and the union that represents state government’s largest group of employees have struck a tentative pay deal that reverses the 3 percent wage cuts of the past two years. |
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| UW, WSU rankings: the cost of slipping support for higher education | Those closely watched college rankings are out and the most important take-away is that the University of Washington and Washington State University remain among the best academic deals in the country. |
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| Budget forecast: Funding education without tax hikes unlikely | A budget forecast released Monday by Gov. Chris Gregoire's financial office raises questions about gubernatorial-candidate claims that education funding can be boosted without new taxes. |
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| State budget outlook: $492 million shortfall | A new budget outlook for state government shows red ink to the tune of $492 million by June 2015 – if teachers get pay raises, public employees see an end to pay cuts, and health care costs keep rising. The outlook, produced by Gov. Chris Gregoire’s budget office, assumes $1.5 billion in… |
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| Message to Gregoire: Don't coldcock Western Washington University | Instead of flying off on a trade junket to Europe -- Dublin was Thursday's stop -- Gov. Chris Gregoire should have headed up Interstate 5 to Western Washington University. She chose, rather, to send (and publicize) a letter coldcocking ²ÝÁñÉçÇø for daring to sign a contract with small salary… |
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| Revenue forecast may brighten the summer for legislators | The economic outlook from Wednesday's state revenue forecast was virtually unchanged from the expectations in February, providing taxpayers with good and bad news about the health of the state's budget. |
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| State budget realities may challenge McKenna, Inslee | Washington's next governor is projected to start the job with a growing budget. That extra revenue may not be enough to fulfill the state's education-funding obligations. |
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| State revenue forecast sees modest increase for coffers | Washington's bumpy budget ride appears to be smoothing out as a result of a calmer economic climate, as well as new taxes and other spending decisions approved in April's special legislative session. |
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| Saving state universities requires a key ingredient - tax revenue | The debate over the state’s education funding dilemma took a hopeful and perhaps decisive turn last week when the University of Washington Board of Regents weighed in on the need for revenue reform. |