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| Washington budget leaders must stay focused on budget fixes | THIS page has urged the Legislature to get moving on the budget problem. Gov. Chris Gregoire's director of finance, Marty Brown, said the same in an email to legislators last week. |
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| Wait OK, if reforms result | State lawmakers won't achieve the Gov. Chris Gregoire's goal of filling a $1.4 billion budget shortfall -- and leaving another $600 million in reserves -- by Christmas. It appears they may get about a quarter of the way there this week as they wind down their special session, leaving… |
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| Political climate different for this special session | Sullen state lawmakers return to the Capitol on Monday to face another $2 billion budget problem – and a political climate that’s changed since their last special session in May. The economy continues to lag in its recovery. But after lawmakers cut $10 billion in projected spending over… |
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| Washington lawmakers must embrace true reform, compromise and, possibly, a modest sales tax increase to solve budget crisis | WASHINGTON state cannot afford to gamble with spending on higher education. Lawmakers, who meet for a special session beginning Monday, must reject Gov. Chris Gregoire's proposed $160 million cut to colleges and universities. |
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| New tax – or wrecking ball for schools and colleges? | One question for the people accusing Gov. Chris Gregoire of grabbing for new taxes instead of downsizing state government: |
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| Microsoft: 'Avoid further reductions' in higher ed funding | Microsoft Corp. is weighing in on Gov. Gregoire’s recommendations to close a $2 billion state budget gap, and the Redmond tech giant is calling for state leaders to avoid more cuts to higher education funding. |
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| Panel’s Failure Means Education Cuts in ’13 | On Monday, Congressional leaders failed to agree on a plan to balance the country’s budget. As a result, automatic cuts to federal programs are set to take place beginning in 2013. Student financial aid programs — including Pell Grants — will find their current funding levels in jeopardy unless… |
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| Tax-increase fight likely to dominate session | Lawmakers on Monday will start looking at ways to hack $2 billion out of the state's $32.2 billion budget, but tax talk is likely to dominate much of the 30-day special session. |
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| Gov.'s budget plan riles up education stakeholders | Gov. Chris Gregoire tried to sell her idea for a temporary sales tax increase to replace budget cuts to a classroom of college students on Tuesday, but only about half of the students raised their hands to say they would vote for the plan to bring in an estimated $494 million through 2013.… |
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| Gov.'s budget plan riles up education stakeholders | The governor's plan for balancing the state budget in the face of a lingering recession has definitely got people talking, with education cuts among the most heat-generating ideas. |