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Governor delivers three tax bills to lawmakers		2011-12-08
How to let our legislators look busy during session	While their leaders contemplate how to fix the state’s $2 billion budget problem – or whether to fix the state’s $2 billion budget problem – the rank and file members of the state House and Senate are left to mill about trying to look busy. It’s not easy. The agenda isn’t exactly jam-…	2011-12-07
Washington budget director urges state cuts	Washington state can’t wait until next year to cut its budget, the state’s budget director told legislators Monday.	2011-12-06
GOP sees expanded gambling as state budget solution	Republican lawmakers steadfastly opposed to any tax increases suggested by Democrats say they have other ideas for raising money to help plug a $2 billion state budget shortfall. Their biggest proposal on the table: gambling.	2011-12-06
Lawmakers must protect education, then ask voters to save other programs	SEN. Ed Murray has it right — that any ballot question asking voters to approve tax increases has to follow legislative action that fills the $2 billion shortfall. Otherwise, the Senate Ways and Means chair told Seattle Times reporter Andrew Garber, voters will not…	2011-12-05
The Great Recession's Toll: Tallying the Impact in the Pacific NW	or most of us, Washington's economy has never been this bad. Since the mortgage bubble popped we've lost more jobs faster, and recovered more slowly, than at any time since the Second World War. That includes iconic slumps such as the Boeing Bust, the early-'80s double-dip and the…	2011-12-05
The Boeing 737 lesson? Good schools = Good Jobs	A highly trained work force was a decisive factor – probably the decisive factor – in Boeing’s decision to build the 737 Max in Washington. Paying attention, lawmakers? Supporters of a first-rate educational system – ourselves among them – tend to talk themselves silly about the…	2011-12-05
State tax deal a long way away	One week into the Legislature’s special session needed to close a $2 billion budget gap, state lawmakers are talking about tax increases as part of their solutions. But don’t hold your breath: Tax talk is still a cheap form of entertainment at the Capitol. Majority Democrats are weeks away…	2011-12-05
State Democrats hope Washington voters have new attitude on taxes	After cutting $10 billion over the past three years, including trimming higher education spending by half, slicing health care programs and streamlining state agencies, lawmakers and the 6.7 million residents of Washington State have been rewarded for their sacrifices with more bad news: The…	2011-12-05
UW student leaders support half-cent sales tax	University of Washington student leaders are calling Gov. Chris Gregoire’s proposal to increase the sales tax by a half-penny a good short-term solution.	2011-12-02

Governor delivers three tax bills to lawmakers

2011-12-08

How to let our legislators look busy during session

While their leaders contemplate how to fix the state’s $2 billion budget problem – or whether to fix the state’s $2 billion budget problem – the rank and file members of the state House and Senate are left to mill about trying to look busy.
It’s not easy. The agenda isn’t exactly jam-…

2011-12-07

Washington budget director urges state cuts

Washington state can’t wait until next year to cut its budget, the state’s budget director told legislators Monday.

2011-12-06

GOP sees expanded gambling as state budget solution

Republican lawmakers steadfastly opposed to any tax increases suggested by Democrats say they have other ideas for raising money to help plug a $2 billion state budget shortfall.

Their biggest proposal on the table: gambling.

2011-12-06

Lawmakers must protect education, then ask voters to save other programs

SEN. Ed Murray has it right — that any ballot question asking voters to approve tax increases has to follow legislative action that fills the $2 billion shortfall.

Otherwise, the Senate Ways and Means chair told Seattle Times reporter Andrew Garber, voters will not…

2011-12-05

The Great Recession's Toll: Tallying the Impact in the Pacific NW

or most of us, Washington's economy has never been this bad. Since the mortgage bubble popped we've lost more jobs faster, and recovered more slowly, than at any time since the Second World War. That includes iconic slumps such as the Boeing Bust, the early-'80s double-dip and the…

2011-12-05

The Boeing 737 lesson? Good schools = Good Jobs

A highly trained work force was a decisive factor – probably the decisive factor – in Boeing’s decision to build the 737 Max in Washington.
Paying attention, lawmakers?
Supporters of a first-rate educational system – ourselves among them – tend to talk themselves silly about the…

2011-12-05

State tax deal a long way away

One week into the Legislature’s special session needed to close a $2 billion budget gap, state lawmakers are talking about tax increases as part of their solutions.
But don’t hold your breath: Tax talk is still a cheap form of entertainment at the Capitol. Majority Democrats are weeks away…

2011-12-05

State Democrats hope Washington voters have new attitude on taxes

After cutting $10 billion over the past three years, including trimming higher education spending by half, slicing health care programs and streamlining state agencies, lawmakers and the 6.7 million residents of Washington State have been rewarded for their sacrifices with more bad news: The…

2011-12-05

UW student leaders support half-cent sales tax

University of Washington student leaders are calling Gov. Chris Gregoire’s proposal to increase the sales tax by a half-penny a good short-term solution.

2011-12-02

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