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| GOP to offer state budget compromise | Senate Republicans plan to roll out a compromise state budget Thursday morning that reduces their proposed cuts to education and other areas of spending. |
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| Don't balance budget by raiding art collection, artists urge | A proposal to sell off some of the state's art collection to balance the budget isn't getting rave reviews among artists or lawmakers. |
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| Gregoire suggests small step first | With most legislators still at home, their leaders met Tuesday with Gov. Chris Gregoire in search of a solution to the state鈥檚 budget problems. The four legislative leaders reached no agreements on a key sticking point. Gregoire told them to set that aside and come up with a way to鈥 |
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| Budget talks continue on day 2 of special session | Gov. Chris Gregoire met on Tuesday with key lawmakers in a continuing effort to broker a deal on the state budget impasse, but no breakthrough has yet been reached. |
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| Washington special legislative session begins | A special session of the Washington Legislature started Monday, but only a handful of lawmakers were in town while House and Democratic leaders try to come to an agreement over the supplemental budget. |
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| Special session begins today in Olympia, but with limited agenda | Gregoire says she has agreements from Washington lawmakers to stick to a limited agenda in the special session that starts at noon Monday. Short does not mean easy, and every expectation is for a slow start. Even if the Legislature buckles down, the work list is significant. |
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| Budget coup that really wasn't | Thank you, state legislative rebels, for pulling off a political coup to veer the 2012 lawmaking session right off the road. |
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| Find common ground to pass state budget | The Legislature was not expected to adjourn on time Thursday because there is no agreement about how to bridge the $1 billion dollar hole in the state budget. |
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| Legislature fails to reach deal; special session starts Monday | A disappointed Gov. Chris Gregoire is calling the Washington Legislature back into session at noon Monday to take another whack at closing the remaining $1 billion hole in the state checkbook. 鈥淚 certainly hope they will be able to finish it next week,鈥 the Democrat said shortly before鈥 |
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| No agreement on budget; special session is called | The state Legislature sputtered to a finish Thursday night without agreement on how to close a $1 billion budget shortfall. Lawmakers did pass a landmark bill legalizing gay marriage this session and approved other legislation, including a measure adding improvement in student test scores to the鈥 |