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| Gregoire wants just one state education agency | Gov. Chris Gregoire's proposal to create a single education department covering preschool through college, if approved by the Legislature, would make Washington one of the only states to put all those areas under a single umbrella. |
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| Gregoire calls for new education department | Gov. Chris Gregoire is proposing a new state Department of Education that would take over duties handled by the voter-elected state school superintendent. |
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| Lawmakers: Get radical about funding higher ed | There’s so much talk in Olympia right now about de-funding public colleges, it’s good to see some serious people figuring out how to fund them. The governor’s higher education funding task force – a group of business and higher ed leaders that’s been wrestling with the issue since July –… |
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| All state parties must invest to move higher education forward | WASHINGTON'S four-year public universities should be allowed to set their own tuition rates, but no one, least of all legislators, should think tuition increases can make up for budget cuts. |
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| Task force: Private money could help pay for higher education | A task force charged with finding stable money to pay for higher education in Washington state has some ideas it wants the Legislature to consider. At the top of its list announced Monday: Find someone other than state government to pay the bill. The task force formed by Gov. Chris… |
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| Higher ed task force has ideas for Wash. lawmakers | A task force charged with finding stable money to pay for higher education in Washington state has some ideas it wants the Legislature to consider. |
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| Budget office releases analysis of governor's latest budget recommendation | |||
| Gregoire, unions reach agreement on pay, benefit cuts | OLYMPIA — State workers will take a 3 percent pay cut in each of the next two years through unpaid leave in a tentative agreement reached Tuesday with Gov. Chris Gregoire. |
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| ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Music Library to stay in Performing Arts Center, but hours and positions cut | Western Washington University's Music Library will remain in the Performing Arts Center, but staff and hours of operation will be reduced in order to meet budget constraints. The decision comes after a couple months of discussion about potentially consolidating the library into… |
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| Recommendations accepted on Music Library and STS proposals |