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| Olympia's budget-cutting special session begins | OLYMPIA — Drums, shouting and expletives reverberated in the marble halls of the state Capitol on Monday as hundreds of protesters disrupted the first day of the Legislature's special session. |
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| Political climate different for this special session | Sullen state lawmakers return to the Capitol on Monday to face another $2 billion budget problem – and a political climate that’s changed since their last special session in May. The economy continues to lag in its recovery. But after lawmakers cut $10 billion in projected spending over… |
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| Washington lawmakers must embrace true reform, compromise and, possibly, a modest sales tax increase to solve budget crisis | WASHINGTON state cannot afford to gamble with spending on higher education. Lawmakers, who meet for a special session beginning Monday, must reject Gov. Chris Gregoire's proposed $160 million cut to colleges and universities. |
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| New tax – or wrecking ball for schools and colleges? | One question for the people accusing Gov. Chris Gregoire of grabbing for new taxes instead of downsizing state government: |
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| Microsoft: 'Avoid further reductions' in higher ed funding | Microsoft Corp. is weighing in on Gov. Gregoire’s recommendations to close a $2 billion state budget gap, and the Redmond tech giant is calling for state leaders to avoid more cuts to higher education funding. |
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| Panel’s Failure Means Education Cuts in ’13 | On Monday, Congressional leaders failed to agree on a plan to balance the country’s budget. As a result, automatic cuts to federal programs are set to take place beginning in 2013. Student financial aid programs — including Pell Grants — will find their current funding levels in jeopardy unless… |
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| Tax-increase fight likely to dominate session | Lawmakers on Monday will start looking at ways to hack $2 billion out of the state's $32.2 billion budget, but tax talk is likely to dominate much of the 30-day special session. |
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| Gov.'s budget plan riles up education stakeholders | Gov. Chris Gregoire tried to sell her idea for a temporary sales tax increase to replace budget cuts to a classroom of college students on Tuesday, but only about half of the students raised their hands to say they would vote for the plan to bring in an estimated $494 million through 2013.… |
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| Gov.'s budget plan riles up education stakeholders | The governor's plan for balancing the state budget in the face of a lingering recession has definitely got people talking, with education cuts among the most heat-generating ideas. |
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| Gregoire proposes half-cent sales-tax increase | Heading into her last year in office, Gov. Chris Gregoire on Monday proposed asking voters for the first state sales-tax increase in 28 years to help deal with a $2 billion budget shortfall. |