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| Governor to call special session to deal with budget shortfall | Gov. Chris Gregoire says she'll call a special legislative session before Christmas to deal with a projected $1.1 billion state budget shortfall for the current fiscal year. |
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| Governor agrees to pay 85 percent of state workers' health-care premiums | In a surprise move, Gov. Chris Gregoire has agreed the state will pay 85 percent of health-care premium costs for state workers in the next two-year budget. |
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| Bruce Shepard appears on TVW to talk funding for higher education | |||
| House Democrats release their proposed state budget cuts | House Democrats released their list of proposed cuts on Thursday to deal with a projected $1.1 billion shortfall for the current state budget. |
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| State budget crisis demands a special session of the Legislature | EMERGENCY cuts to the state budget are now a necessity, and an immediate special session of the Legislature is the best way to get them. Gov. Chris Gregoire knows this. The Republican legislative leaders know it, and have cooperated with her. But she has been having trouble with her fellow… |
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| State employee unions resist further cuts to offset revenue losses | Washington's state employee unions are on the hot seat as Gov. Chris Gregoire searches for ways to keep the state from going off a budgetary cliff. |
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| Gov. Gregoire wants one-day special session | Washington needs to come up with over a billion dollars in the next seven months to balance the books by the end of the current budget. |
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| Gregoire considering budget gimmick to "save" $240 million | Gov. Chris Gregoire on Tuesday said she's considering pushing back a regular payment to school districts by one day, from June 30 to July 1 next year, as a way to defer costs in the current fiscal year. |
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| WA gov wants Legislature to balance budget quickly | Gov. Chris Gregoire continued to sound the alarm on Washington's budget woes Monday, pushing for a December special legislative session to enact a series of drastic spending cuts that would balance the state's books by July. |
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| WA universities ask for 10 percent of state income | Washington's public colleges and universities are requesting 10 percent of expected state income in the next two-year budget cycle. The proposed $3.34 billion higher education budget would be equivalent to what they were given by the Legislature in 2009. Bob Burdick, a… |