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| House Dems unveil supplemental budget proposal | House Democrats on Tuesday unveiled a supplemental budget proposal that looks to change the timing of payments to schools and make some cuts to higher education and other programs to save the state nearly $890 million. |
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| McKenna details plan to boost funding for higher education | Describing higher education in Washington as in "a sorry state" because of a steady erosion in public dollars, gubernatorial candidate Rob McKenna laid out a plan he says would gradually increase funding for public colleges and universities as the economy recovers. |
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| President Shepard sends message regarding House Democrats' proposed supplemental budget | |||
| Revenue forecast up by $95.7 million | Washington鈥檚 revenue forecaster said today that state government can expect to receive $95.7 million more than predicted in the November forecast. But state budget director Marty Brown said the real net gain is $45 million, because legislation adopted in December drove more than half of the gain鈥 |
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| Wash. budget projections finally get good news | Washington's budget shortfall is down to $500 million as the economy shows signs of stabilizing and people rely less on state services, according to new numbers released Thursday. |
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| Wash. Legislature edges closer to budget solution | Republicans and Democrats merged closer on tax policy Wednesday as they began to formulate solutions on the state's budget shortfall. |
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| UPDATE: House OKs Alexander鈥檚 6-year budget concept | he state House voted 97-to-1 today to endorse a six-year budgeting approach championed by Republican Rep. Gary Alexander and strongly advocated by such 鈥淩oad Kill Caucus鈥 members as Democratic Rep. Deb Eddy. House Bill 2607 now goes to the Senate where a constitutional amendment鈥 |
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| Higher ed efficiency bill passes House, but savings are 'small step,' Haler says | A higher education efficiency bill unanimously passed by the state House on Tuesday could save each higher education institution hundreds of thousands of dollars, but overall funding concerns remain. |
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| State Senate endorses proposed balanced-budget amendment | While state lawmakers struggle to close a $1.5 billion budget shortfall, they're also considering a constitutional amendment that would help prevent such gaps in the future. |
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| State tax receipts run $44M above November forecast | Last week鈥檚 caseloads report brought more than $200 million in good news for state budget writers. Today鈥檚 monthly revenue collections report from the Economic and Revenue Forecast Council brought another $54 million not counted on before. |