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| Gov. Inslee signs operating budget that ensures government can operate Monday | Gov. Jay Inslee put pen to paper and signed an operating budget Sunday afternoon that authorizes spending by state government agencies for the next two years. Lawmakers had approved the plan Friday evening just in time to head off a government shutdown on July 1. |
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| ‘Step forward’: College tuition frozen for at least a year | After four straight years of bad news, Washington’s colleges and universities got a much-needed lift on Friday when the Legislature boosted higher-education funding and froze tuition rates. |
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| Editorial: State budget rightly focuses on education | THE threat of a government shutdown Monday drove lawmakers to reach a budget compromise, averting a far-reaching financial disaster. |
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| President Shepard sends message to campus regarding new budget | |||
| With budget deal in hand, state lawmakers expected to vote Friday | Budget negotiators in the House and Senate reached a handshake agreement on an operating budget Thursday morning, and Gov. Jay Inslee said the pending deal can avert the shutdown of many state services that would have begun Monday. The Senate was poised to start voting on the $33.5… |
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| $33.6B budget gets tentative OK; gives $1B boost to schools | One-hundred and fifty days of contentious budget negotiations — and the threat of a government shutdown — ended Thursday morning with a handshake. |
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| Deal or no deal? Conflicting claims fly as state budget bickering persists | In a sign of just how dysfunctional the state Legislature has become, lawmakers Wednesday argued about whether they had completed a budget deal — or not. |
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| State Legislature nearing a deal, at least on education | State lawmakers are said to be in general agreement about the way forward for the state’s higher education system. When it comes to Olympia, its never real until the votes are counted but this Seattle Times story foreshadows a possible budget deal. Naturally some lawmakers are quoted as saying… |
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| Wash. budget talks now focused on smaller details | Negotiators in Olympia have agreed to the large components of a new state budget and are now working through the smaller details. A spokeswoman for Gov. Jay Inslee said Tuesday there have been no setbacks in the talks and that lawmakers are close to agreement on a final deal. Inslee had… |
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| News from Olympia: None | June 23rd seemed like a perfectly good time to book a wedding in the Capitol Rotunda. |