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Pension costs to rise	Washington recently changed its assumptions for paying for public-employee pensions, a move that means higher costs in 2013 for workers, the state and local governments. In a little-noticed vote last month, the state’ s Pension Funding Council unanimously agreed to lower its assumption of…	2011-11-16
How to stretch our dollars	It was the next-to-last day of the 2008 legislative session. A news reporter had asked budget leaders from the Senate and House majorities about the sustainability of their plan to raise, to a record $33.7 billion, a state spending level that already had shot up 33 percent since 2004. …	2011-11-15
Petition begun to support federal financial aid		2011-11-15
Union rejection to reopen contracts may trigger cuts	As part of her budget reduction package, Gov. Chris Gregoire asked state employee union leaders to reopen their collective bargaining contracts so the state could reduce the amount it spends on monthly health care premiums. The state currently allocates $850 monthly per employee. Reducing…	2011-11-09
Tackling the high cost of textbooks	COLLEGE students already burdened by skyrocketing tuition deserve relief from overpriced textbooks. All the more reason to cheer and support a pioneering effort pushed by the state Board of Community and Technical Colleges to develop new, dramatically less…	2011-11-08
McKenna lays out more plans to boost education, cut government	Republican Attorney General Rob McKenna kicked off his 2012 campaign for governor Tuesday morning with a big fundraiser and speech vowing to reform state government, cut regulations and some taxes, while boosting spending on education. Speaking to more than 1,500…	2011-11-08
Gregoire asks agencies to scrimp even more	Nothing is apparently too small to cut when faced with a $2 billion state budget shortfall. Gov. Chris Gregoire sent out a directive Friday telling agencies, among other things, to look for ways to reduce the number of cellphones and land lines and shrink the size…	2011-11-07
State ended up $90 million in the red	Washington state is finishing its latest budget cycle with a deficit for the first time in modern record keeping. State accountants are in the process of checking the numbers, and they now expect that the two-year budget that ended in July will officially close…	2011-11-07
Husky Stadium makeover: What $250 million will buy	Husky Stadium is one of the most beautiful settings to watch a college-football game in the country. And it's certainly one of the loudest. So when the University of Washington decided to rebuild two-thirds of Husky Stadium, the goal was to keep it the same,…	2011-11-07
Washington school buses in path of budget ax	The yellow school bus could become another victim of the Great Recession in some parts of Washington. Gov. Chris Gregoire doesn't want to see her state stop spending money to get kids to school. But any squeamishness over student transportation cuts isn't…	2011-11-04

Pension costs to rise

Washington recently changed its assumptions for paying for public-employee pensions, a move that means higher costs in 2013 for workers, the state and local governments.

In a little-noticed vote last month, the state’ s Pension Funding Council unanimously agreed to lower its assumption of…

2011-11-16

How to stretch our dollars

It was the next-to-last day of the 2008 legislative session. A news reporter had asked budget leaders from the Senate and House majorities about the sustainability of their plan to raise, to a record $33.7 billion, a state spending level that already had shot up 33 percent since 2004.…

2011-11-15

Petition begun to support federal financial aid

2011-11-15

Union rejection to reopen contracts may trigger cuts

As part of her budget reduction package, Gov. Chris Gregoire asked state employee union leaders to reopen their collective bargaining contracts so the state could reduce the amount it spends on monthly health care premiums.

The state currently allocates $850 monthly per employee. Reducing…

2011-11-09

Tackling the high cost of textbooks

COLLEGE students already burdened by skyrocketing tuition deserve relief from overpriced textbooks.

All the more reason to cheer and support a pioneering effort pushed by the state Board of Community and Technical Colleges to develop new, dramatically less…

2011-11-08

McKenna lays out more plans to boost education, cut government

Republican Attorney General Rob McKenna kicked off his 2012 campaign for governor Tuesday morning with a big fundraiser and speech vowing to reform state government, cut regulations and some taxes, while boosting spending on education.

Speaking to more than 1,500…

2011-11-08

Gregoire asks agencies to scrimp even more

Nothing is apparently too small to cut when faced with a $2 billion state budget shortfall.

Gov. Chris Gregoire sent out a directive Friday telling agencies, among other things, to look for ways to reduce the number of cellphones and land lines and shrink the size…

2011-11-07

State ended up $90 million in the red

Washington state is finishing its latest budget cycle with a deficit for the first time in modern record keeping.

State accountants are in the process of checking the numbers, and they now expect that the two-year budget that ended in July will officially close…

2011-11-07

Husky Stadium makeover: What $250 million will buy

Husky Stadium is one of the most beautiful settings to watch a college-football game in the country. And it's certainly one of the loudest.

So when the University of Washington decided to rebuild two-thirds of Husky Stadium, the goal was to keep it the same,…

2011-11-07

Washington school buses in path of budget ax

The yellow school bus could become another victim of the Great Recession in some parts of Washington.

Gov. Chris Gregoire doesn't want to see her state stop spending money to get kids to school. But any squeamishness over student transportation cuts isn't…

2011-11-04

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