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| Audio from May 11 ²ÝÁñÉçÇø budget presentations is online | |||
| Presentation of proposed initiatives for the 2011-2013 budget are complete and will not continue today | |||
| Proposed initiatives for 2011-2013 available online, presentations to be audiocast live May 11 and 12 | |||
| Bruce Shepard talks about cuts to higher education on KING 5-TV's "Up Front" program | |||
| Gregoire vetoes Whatcom County health pilot, but OKs other projects | "Funding for a pilot project to provide health care to 1,000 Whatcom County residents waiting for health insurance was vetoed by Gov. Chris Gregoire on Tuesday, May 4, but two other projects that local legislators included made it through. State Rep. Kelli Linville, D-Bellingham, who… |
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| UW: Hard course ahead for funding | "There's a joke going around the University of Washington campus: Once, the UW was a state university. Then it became a state-supported university. Now it's just a university in a state. |
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| State budget hits home | "In its recent session, legislators reduced funding to higher education by $73 million. Western Washington University, one of Bellingham’s top employers, took a base budget hit of $3 million in recurring cuts and $1.2 million in one-time cuts." |
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| State furlough law enacted | "Thousands of state workers will take 10 days off without pay over the next 14 months under a law signed Tuesday by Gov. Chris Gregoire. The new law is a cost-cutting measure approved by the Legislature in the face of a $2.8 billion shortfall in the state’s general fund. The… |
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| Audio from ²ÝÁñÉçÇø budget proposals presented April 22 and 23 is available online | |||
| New taxes show state's inability to prioritize | "State legislators and Gov. Chris Gregoire have talked for years now about how they want to prioritize government spending. It has become clear that they are incapable of doing so in a meaningful way. Legislators left Olympia earlier this month after finally passing a supplemental… |