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| Gregoire laments education cuts during Bellingham visit | The best ways parents can support their child's education and their school is to pass the tax levies and volunteer as much as possible, Gov. Chris Gregoire said Thursday, Nov. 3, while at Shuksan Middle School. |
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| UW students have plan for helping higher ed | For the last couple of years, lawmakers have sympathized with college students who want them to spare higher education when cutting the state budget. But the choice often boils down to this: Cut social services or cut education funding. |
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| For Gregoire, a subtle change on taxes | Echoing President Barack Obama, Gov. Chris Gregoire said "this is what Wall Street has done to our state" when she proposed eliminating health insurance for the poor and reducing even further support for education and public safety. |
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| State tax ideas pop up | Gov. Chris Gregoire made clear last week that she wants new state revenues to avert some of the $2 billion in cuts needed to put the state’s finances back in balance. |
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| The stark reality of Washington state's budget options | THREE years ago, when the state entered this financial chasm, Gov. Chris Gregoire offered the people optimism and a serving of denial. Not anymore. She offers us reality: "This is what our options look like." |
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| The real costs of a no-new-revenue state budget | Enter a magical world where big problems simply disappear because there’s no money to fix them. |
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| Update: Gov. Gregoire proposes cutting state education by up to $1.5 billion | Gov. Chris Gregoire just released a list of possible budget reductions. And education, especially higher education, is taking quite a hit. Gregoire’s budget cut list includes about $4.2 billion in cuts for the rest of the 2011-13 biennium. However, about $2 billion of those cuts are what… |
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| Gregoire budget starts with $2 billion in cuts, but will tax increase follow? | Facing another crippling budget deficit, Gov. Chris Gregoire on Thursday outlined $2 billion in reductions in state spending she says will cut painfully "through the muscle and into the bone" of public services. |
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| Bad, worse and unthinkable | Having cut $10.5 billion in state spending over just the last three years, there was no doubt that lopping another $2 billion or so would be painful. Yet it was hard to avoid a sense of shock Thursday when Gov. Chris Gregoire outlined the stark choices legislators will face to align the budget… |
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| Union opposes governor's suggestion to cut benefits | Citing a looming budget shortfall, Gov. Chris Gregoire's office on Wednesday asked union-represented government workers to consider cutting their health-care benefits to save the state money. |