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State budget proposals delayed as deficit outlook worsens | Legislative leaders have given no clear indication of when the House and Senate will roll out their proposed state budgets for the next two years, even as they enter the final weeks of a 105-day session clouded by predictions of a deepening deficit. |
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Budget cuts affect groundskeeping on campus | The WSU groundskeeping crew grapples with budget cuts as the number of employees hits an all-time low. |
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State funding for arts in jeopardy | Government funding for the arts is falling on hard times amid the state's multibillion budget shortfall. |
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Groups respond to revenue forecast with rallies against cuts to state programs | In response to today's revenue forecast, which estimates the state's budget shortfall for the next two years will be about $5.3 billion, about 1,000 teachers, healthcare workers students and others crowded onto the Capitol steps, calling for lawmakers to end tax exemptions rather than… |
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State's budget gap grows to $5.3 billion | Washington’s state budget gap widened Thursday to about $5.3 billion through mid-2013. A new revenue forecast knocked another $780 million out of budget-writers’ hands, due to geopolitical uncertainty in the Mideast and Japan. In doing so, the forecast stoked a growing debate: Should the… |
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$5 billion state deficit likely to force deep cuts in services | Washington's chief economist Thursday delivered the bad news everyone expected: Tax collections are down, pushing the state's projected budget deficit above $5 billion. Now lawmakers must erase it, a task they've been dreading, and the governor warned it must be done… |
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State revenue projection just got $698 million worse | The state's chief economist delivered more bad news on Thursday, announcing that projected state tax collections are down another $698 million over the next two years. |
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²ÝÁñÉçÇø Prez reaction to new state revenue forecast | The new state revenue forecast came out this afternoon, and the news is what many people feared. Tax collections are projected to be down another $780 million. About $80 million of that is for the current fiscal year, which ends in June, bringing the current budget gap to $200… |
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Two more interviews for EESP vice provost to take place spring quarter | |||
Bruce Shepard sends message to campus regarding latest budget forecast |