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| Survival of the fittest: Both sides prep for state budget battle | Today, the Democratic-controlled Washington House will likely pass the $34.5 billion 2013-2015 budget it unveiled two days ago. |
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| Dream Act deserves a vote | The state Senate鈥檚 Higher Education Committee used curious reasoning to deny financial aid to a small but promising group of future citizens who want to further their education. State lawmakers should resurrect House Bill 1817 and write it into the 2013-2015 biennium budget. |
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| House Democratic budget emphasizes education | The Democratic-controlled Washington House wants to raise an extra $1.34 billion by extending expiring taxes and closing tax exemptions. That would pay for $1.3 billon in court-mandated extra education spending in 2013-2015. |
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| Shepard weighs in on state House budget proposal | |||
| The next question: Special session? | The Legislature's constitutionally mandated final day of this year's 105-day session is April 28. But with a $1.2 billion budget disagreement between the GOP coalition in the Senate and the Democrats in the House, many legislators are wondering if a special session will be needed.鈥 |
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| Gov. Jay Inslee to replace half of the Washington Student Achievement Council | Gov. Jay Inslee startled many in education circles when he quietly moved to replace half of the Washington Student Achievement Council. What went wrong so quickly? Former U.S. Rep. Brian Baird of Vancouver seemed a capable chairman of the board filled with boldfaced names. Inslee is鈥 |
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| Capitol Week Ahead: Is there a budget in the House? | Gov. Jay inslee showed us his. Thirty state senators showed us theirs. |
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| Innovation is too hard to find | 鈥淩elentlessly innovative,鈥 at the very least, is something we should try to be, says the gregarious president of Western Washington University Bruce Shepard. Innovative is what Washington鈥檚 public universities must be and what Western strives for. Try something new, fail if you must, then try鈥 |
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| Shepard offers insight on state Senate budget proposal | |||
| Plan would restore state worker pay | The Washington Senate laid out a two-year state spending plan Wednesday that follows Gov. Jay Inslee鈥檚 lead on several public-employee pay issues, and it drew similar reactions from labor groups. |