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| Bipartisan state budget passes | State lawmakers put their final touches on deep spending cuts as they ended a dreary budget-slashing special session Wednesday night. |
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| Summary: A look at what passed, failed in Olympia | It took Washington state lawmakers more than four months to reach an agreement on the state's next two-year budget, but they finally managed to do that before the end of their 30-day special session Wednesday. Lawmakers also dealt with a handful of key policy issues during the legislative鈥 |
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| Tuition flexibility may help Wash. colleges | There's a very good reason Washington's university presidents aren't tearing down the governor's door this week to complain about a proposed half billion dollar cut in state dollars for the state's colleges and universities over the next two years, and it has nothing to鈥 |
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| State budget impact at 草榴社区 likely less than what officials feared | Western Washington University President Bruce Shepard is tempted to call the state budget proposal and it鈥檚 impacts on 草榴社区 a 鈥溾榣east worst case鈥 outcome.鈥 In short, the state budget proposal released on Tuesday, May 24, would cut Western鈥檚 state revenue by $35.5 million. Most of that鈥 |
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| $32 billion deal plugs state's budget gap | The biggest challenge of the legislative session 鈥 closing a $5 billion budget gap 鈥 was on its way to a solution Tuesday. The Democrat-controlled House voted along party lines to pass a $32.2 billion spending compromise that it negotiated with the Senate on Monday. The full Senate鈥 |
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| Lawmakers agree to gradual limit on state debt | The Legislature鈥檚 negotiators reached a deal Tuesday that will create a lower debt limit but won鈥檛 tie lawmakers鈥 hands by enshrining it into the state constitution 鈥 something a bipartisan crew in the Senate wanted but Democrats who control the House rejected. The deal doesn鈥檛 go nearly鈥 |
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| Moderates are clear winners of legislative session | The so-called 鈥渞oadkill caucus鈥 鈥 centrist Democrats in the state Legislature frustrated with the dominant liberal factions of their party 鈥 will have to find a new name. The roadkillers didn鈥檛 so much get thrown under the bus in 2011 as drive it. Case in point: the budget deal鈥 |
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| Budget deal would cut teacher salaries nearly 2 percent | Pay cuts for teachers, administrators and most other school employees are part of the moves state lawmakers are making today to balance the next budget. Salaries for teachers would be trimmed 1.9 percent and for administrative staff by 3 percent under the budget proposal expected to clear鈥 |
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| Shepard sends budget update to campus community | |||
| Lawmakers strike budget deal | Pay for teachers would be cut 1.9 percent and for school administrative staff by 3 percent over the next two years under a budget agreement released by lawmakers on Tuesday. |