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| Gregoire: 鈥楢鈥 for lawmakers | Gov. Chris Gregoire, speaking Thursday to an audience of technology executives in Vancouver, gave the 2011 Legislature an 鈥淎鈥 grade for tackling state government reform on several fronts during a session she described as the most challenging in 80 years. In a surprisingly upbeat speech to鈥 |
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| College Students Face Steep Tuition Hikes, Fewer Openings | Students attending college in Washington State are likely to see tuition rates spike next year鈥攊f they can get into classes. |
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| Workplace changes await state employees | State employees already expect changes in their paychecks after July 1. Many are in for changes in their workplaces, too. Lawmakers wrapped up 135 days of regular and overtime sessions last week, shifting the course of state government and opening the door to more 鈥渙utsourcing鈥 to the鈥 |
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| Washington state agency consolidation moving along | A major state-agency restructuring that's in the works after July 15 is setting off alarms for organized labor. But Gov. Chris Gregoire's aides say it gives government a chance to run more efficiently and save $18 million. |
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| Retirees fight for COLAs? | About 109,000 retired state employees and teachers scheduled to lose automatic cost-of-living increases in their pensions July 1 might not sit back and watch them go. Gov. Chris Gregoire signed a pension-reform bill into law this month hoping to cut the liability in the state鈥檚 older Plan鈥 |
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| CWU faces $29.2 million budget cut | Central Washington University will face a $29.2 million state budget cut in the next biennium under a budget approved by the state Legislature on Wednesday. |
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| Edmonds Community College cuts drama classes | Edmonds Community College will not offer drama classes during the 2011-12 school year, the college has announced on its website. Drama classes are elective credits and officials didn't see enough student interest to justify having a full-time faculty member at a time of steep state鈥 |
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| 草榴社区 Board of Trustees To Consider Tuition Hike | Western Washington University could be allowed to set its own tuition in order to make up for cuts in state funding. Steve Swan, spokesperson for Western, says the Board of Trustees likely will make a tuition decision during its meeting scheduled for June 9th and 10th. |
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| Cash-Strapped Colleges Target Out-of-State Students | State college administrators grappling with funding woes have identified a clever fiscal remedy, but only at the risk of rankling local taxpayers. Some public universities buffeted by expiring federal stimulus monies and dwindling state resources are recruiting out-of-state students at鈥 |
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| WSU proposes 16 pct. tuition increase next year | Washington State University is expected to increase tuition 16 percent for in-state undergraduate students for the 2011-12 academic year. |