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| Time for a new rainy day fund? | Senate Joint Resolution 8206 asks voters if they want to change the state constitution to require that 鈥渆xtraordinary鈥 revenues during economic boom times are socked away in a budget stabilization account that could grow much larger than the rainy day fund voters approved in 2007. |
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| College officials in Whatcom County brace for mid-year budget cuts | State-funded colleges and universities are bracing for another round of state funding reductions, and this year very little is off the table, according to Whatcom County college officials. |
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| Higher education: Budget should not be balanced on the backs of state's college and university students | STATE lawmakers heading into special session in late November should not aim their budget knives anywhere near higher education. |
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| How would you fill expected $2 billion state budget hole? | Not even three months into its two-year budget cycle, Washington state is facing as much as a $2 billion budget problem. |
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| Battle brewing between governor, schools chief on more cuts to schools budget | State schools chief Randy Dorn may be positioning himself to fend off cuts in education funding in the special session later this year. He didn't reply last week to the governor's request for ways to pare spending in public schools to help the state plug a projected $2 billion鈥 |
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| Gregoire on budget cuts: 'I'm dismantling much of what I've built' | Governor Christine Gregoire said that budget shortfalls in Washington are forcing her to undo her legacy of public service. 鈥淚鈥檓 dismantling much of what I鈥檝e built my entire career,鈥 Gregoire said in an exclusive interview. Gregoire has called a special session of the鈥 |
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| AP: State Dems explore election on tax hikes | Democratic officials have been quietly exploring the logistics of a special election in February that could ask state voters to raise taxes to help fill another budget shortfall, according to documents released to The Associated Press under public records laws. |
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| $2 billion problem: Gregoire calls special session | Democratic leaders say it's premature to talk about tax increases as they prepare for a special budget-cutting session in November, but they've already checked with the secretary of state to see when a referendum could go on the ballot. |
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| Lawmakers, governor face brutal budget triage | 鈥淚鈥檇 like to assure you this nightmare will end. But I don鈥檛 see an end in sight.鈥 |
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| New cuts impossible, agency heads warn | The $1.4 billion budget crater left by the state revenue forecast last week may require new cuts of up to 10 percent in many state government programs over the next few months. But cuts of any size might be impossible at some agencies, such as the Department of Corrections. Secretary鈥 |