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| Wash. lawmakers working on pieces of budget fix | "The Senate has approved a measure that directs agencies to trim about $50 million in payroll costs through furloughs and other steps, as lawmakers continued Tuesday to work toward patching together a budget agreement. |
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| Lawmakers start haggling budget, again | "State lawmakers eased into special session Monday with majority Democrats still divided on what taxes should go up in order to balance the budget. |
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| As special session begins, lawmakers turn focus to job creation | "Higher taxes. Slashed programs. Whatever the Legislature’s majority Democrats do to fix the budget shortfall in the special session starting today, it will be memorable to voters. To leave behind something that will be remembered more fondly than their budget work come Election Day… |
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| Universities need protection from continuing budget cuts | "'There is only one justification for universities, as distinguished from trade schools,' Robert Hutchins told TIME Magazine 40 years ago. 'They must be centers of criticism. If you turn the university into a trade school or a branch of the knowledge industry, there is no… |
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| Wash. Legislature heads into overtime | "State lawmakers are back in town to start an overtime session needed to balance a $2.8 billion budget deficit. |
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| Gregoire calls special session for Monday | "State lawmakers rushed to pass a backlog of bills on the last day of the regular legislative session Thursday but left the hard stuff — closing a $2.8 billion budget shortfall — for later. |
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| March issue of RSP Notes has been published | |||
| State House approves $680 million package of tax hikes | The state House has approved a $680 million tax package that would shrink tax exemptions, collect more money from smokers and service businesses, and extend the sales tax to new types of purchases. The 52-45 vote, which came in the pre-dawn hours Tuesday after about five hours of testy… |
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| Tax-package deal could extend legislative session, lawmakers say | With just a couple days to go before the scheduled end of the 60-day legislative session, some key lawmakers say a special session is increasingly likely. |
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| ²ÝÁñÉçÇø students gather to protest tuition hikes, aid cuts | More than 50 people gathered on Western Washington University's campus Thursday, March 4, to protest planned tuition hikes and cuts in financial aid. The protest, organized by Western groups including Socialist Alternatives and Western Votes, voiced opposition to Gov. Chris Gregoire… |