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| UW students have plan for helping higher ed | For the last couple of years, lawmakers have sympathized with college students who want them to spare higher education when cutting the state budget. But the choice often boils down to this: Cut social services or cut education funding. |
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| ²ÝÁñÉçÇø admissions director on administrative leave | Western Washington University's admissions director has been removed from her position and is on administrative leave following an investigation by the university's Equal Opportunity Office that says she retaliated against an employee who filed a discrimination complaint. |
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| Update: Gov. Gregoire proposes cutting state education by up to $1.5 billion | Gov. Chris Gregoire just released a list of possible budget reductions. And education, especially higher education, is taking quite a hit. Gregoire’s budget cut list includes about $4.2 billion in cuts for the rest of the 2011-13 biennium. However, about $2 billion of those cuts are what… |
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| Gregoire budget starts with $2 billion in cuts, but will tax increase follow? | Facing another crippling budget deficit, Gov. Chris Gregoire on Thursday outlined $2 billion in reductions in state spending she says will cut painfully "through the muscle and into the bone" of public services. |
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| Bad, worse and unthinkable | Having cut $10.5 billion in state spending over just the last three years, there was no doubt that lopping another $2 billion or so would be painful. Yet it was hard to avoid a sense of shock Thursday when Gov. Chris Gregoire outlined the stark choices legislators will face to align the budget… |
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| Union opposes governor's suggestion to cut benefits | Citing a looming budget shortfall, Gov. Chris Gregoire's office on Wednesday asked union-represented government workers to consider cutting their health-care benefits to save the state money. |
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| ²ÝÁñÉçÇø Officials Express Concern Over State Budget Cuts | Officials at Western Washington University are gravely concerned about deep cuts to education in Governor Chris Gregoire’s supplemental budget proposal. The Governor has suggested cuts of 15 to 20 percent to higher education which would equate to about ten to 13 million dollars. |
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| Gregoire outlines grim choices for budget cuts | For the fourth year in a row, Gov. Chris Gregoire on Thursday outlined more than $1.5 billion in state cuts to health care, social services, prisons and education. |
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| ²ÝÁñÉçÇø admissions chief placed on leave | Karen Copetas, the admissions director at Western Washington University, has been removed from her job and placed on paid administrative leave after a finding by the school's Equal Opportunity Office that she retaliated against an employee for filing a discrimination complaint. … |
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| Gregoire outlines $2 billion in budget cuts | Gov. Chris Gregoire Thursday proposed $2 billion in budgets cuts that would increase class sizes in public schools, eliminate subsidized health insurance for the working poor and cut the length of supervision for inmates released from prison. |