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| Lawmakers returning to Olympia on Wednesday – deal or no deal | Washington budget negotiators met again at the Capitol Saturday and have plans to resume talks Monday in Olympia to close the last $500 million of a budget gap. Meantime, House members have been ordered to report Wednesday for caucus meetings and possible floor votes, and the Senate could follow… |
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| Gregoire says budget negotiations are 'tenuous' | Gov. Chris Gregoire said Friday that she's in the process of finishing a compromise proposal for lawmakers to consider as part of their budget negotiation, and says that while talks are improving, they are "tenuous." |
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| Gov. Gregoire pushes compromise on state budget | Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire said Thursday she is now pushing a compromise budget plan that would encapsulate many of the Legislature's contentious proposals into one package. |
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| Gregoire Says Next 48 Hours Critical For Wash. Budget Negotiations | Washington Governor Chris Gregoire says the next 48 hours are critical to reaching a deal to rebalance the state budget. The Democrat resumed signing legislation into law Thursday after holding dozens of bills hostage. |
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| Western budget proposals, plans broadcast live online today | |||
| Legislators need to get this budget right | THIS page has not been patient with the Legislature. Maybe we had it wrong. |
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| There's no sign special session will end April 10 | For weeks, the main sticking points to a state budget solution have been a Democratic plan to delay a payment to schools by a day, and a Republican plan to skip a pension payment. |
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| Money available to help undergrads pursue research and creative projects | |||
| State budget accounting change is no gimmick | Normally, we'd hoist a red flag immediately upon hearing that an accounting change could lead to a balanced state budget. The words "accounting change" conjure up tactics like a Democratic proposal to defer school payments, a move state Treasurer Jim McIntire calls a "felony… |
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| School, pension payments no longer stumbling blocks; ‘They’re gone’ | The debate over the state budget has been stuck on proposals to skip a pension payment (Republicans’ idea, paired with a cut in pension benefits for new workers), and to put a payment to schools on hold (Democrats’ idea, tied to a promise that the next Legislature will find the money and hand it… |