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| WSU postpones academic expansion in Everett | Washington State University has decided to put off plans to expand its course offerings in Everett until fall 2014 because of legislative inaction, the university announced this week. In a letter to the Everett mayor, WSU President Elson Floyd said the university has been waiting for the… |
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| Budget Office releases summaries of state budget proposals | |||
| Evergreen student-support workers ratify first-ever contract; includes grievance process, 1 percent pay bonus on July 1 | Members of a new labor union at The Evergreen State College ratified their first-ever contract today on a 52-2 vote, according to the Washington Federation of State Employees. The federation is the umbrella organization for the more than 55-member Evergreen Student Support Services Staff Union,… |
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| The big unknowns: Inslee's cabinet unsure of key shutdown questions | The shape of any partial state government shutdown on July 1 is one giant question mark. |
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| Part-time school, college staff may lose state health benefits | Thousands of part-time school employees and college instructors would be switched from state-funded health insurance to Affordable Care Act insurance exchanges under a complicated Senate budget proposal that backers say would save the state up to $57 million over the next two years. … |
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| In case budget doesn’t pass, state readies for shutdown | Gov. Jay Inslee is making plans for a possible government shutdown in case the current state budget expires June 30 without a new one to take its place. |
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| Legislature: What's the problem just finishing its work? | Olympia Democrats: "We've blinked enough in 2013-2015 budget talks. It's your turn to make some concessions." |
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| What university do Western freshmen say was their first choice? | |||
| ²ÝÁñÉçÇø, WCC to begin new cybersecurity degree collaboration | Western Washington University and Whatcom Community College are beginning a new cybersecurity collaboration that will allow WCC graduates to earn bachelor’s degrees in computer and information systems security at ²ÝÁñÉçÇø. |
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| 2nd special session looms as 2 sides far apart | State lawmakers remain stuck in a partisan fight that appears certain to drive the Legislature into a second special session. |