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WASHINGTON state is losing the American dream that its citizens, regardless of their financial level, can go to college. I was raised in a single-parent family on welfare yet I graduated from the University of California, Berkeley.

I have attended, worked for,…

We all know how important education is for our children and our state's future. We know how essential health care is for our communities. Yet we've been heading backwards on these priorities for years and the current recession is making things even worse.

Here in the Bellingham…

College life will be busy for Liv Mothershead. She’s moving into her new dorm room at Edens Hall during “Move-in Weekend” at Western Washington University in Bellingham.

“I’m excited!” she says. “It’ll be tight. Me and my roommates have a lot of stuff.”…

Western Washington University is looking to cut about another $3 million from the operating budget after state revenue projections show a growing deficit.

Gov. Chris Gregoire announced Thursday, Sept. 16, that the anticipated state deficit has grown to about $520 million through mid-2011…

Leaders of the state's universities and community colleges, already reeling from more than $557 million in cuts over the last two years, said Thursday another round of short-term and long-term budget cuts could have a calamitous effect on the quality of the schools.

Western Washington University will cut 14 programs — including five in the sciences —to deal with another round of cuts in state funding.

On Thursday, it was announced that Washington state is looking at a revenue shortfall of $520 million for the rest of the 2009-…