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| Lawmakers' deal should clear way for budget accord | An agreement reached Sunday to overhaul the state's program for injured workers clears away a major obstacle bogging down lawmakers in the special session. |
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| Faculty Senate, UPRC to review budget recommendations May 25 | |||
| Budget agreement may be days away | The sound of state legislators stirring toward adjournment could be heard a little louder Thursday at the Capitol. Budget writers in the state House and Senate were working into the evening to narrow their differences on a roughly $32 billion two-year operating budget, and leaders talked… |
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| Washington Legislature should leave debt limit alone | The Times' recent editorial about lowering the state's debt limit misses the mark ["State's debt limit should be lowered," May 19]. |
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| ²ÝÁñÉçÇø student fees may be used to offset budget cuts | The Western Washington University Services and Activities Committee might vote Friday, May 20 to transfer some student fees to the athletic department. But it’s not that student fees are getting raided in favor of athletics, said Associated Students President Colin Watrin — if transferred… |
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| WA preps for July shutdown as budget talks stall | Top officials in Washington state started preparing Monday for a potential government shutdown in July as lawmakers stalled in their bid to reach a budget compromise. Gov. Chris Gregoire said she has started holding talks with cabinet and financial management leaders about what would… |
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| Do-Or-Die Week For Washington Special Session | It’s do-or-die week in the Washington Legislature. A budget deal will have to come together over the next several days if lawmakers are to finish business within the 30-day special session. |
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| Western Washington University: How will budget cuts change a popular university? | Three years into his tenure at Western Washington University, President Bruce Shepard is about to put his own stamp on the Bellingham campus, despite (or perhaps because of) the debilitating effect of state budget cuts. Reduced funding has a tendency to focus the mind, and Shepard is… |
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| In Our View: Setting Tuition | Legislators made the correct decision this week by granting the state’s five public universities and The Evergreen State College the authority to set their own tuition rates. Gov. Chris Gregoire said she will sign the bill that isn’t as big a procedural sea change as its detractors claim. Fact… |
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| Higher-education cuts mortgage Washington's future | WHEN Michael Young arrives at the University of Washington, he will join the presidents of other state colleges and universities who are facing staggering cuts in state funding of higher education. Legislators are now considering budget proposals for 2011-2013 that would further damage these… |