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| ²ÝÁñÉçÇø named best college value | |||
| Legislators propose income tax as part of overhaul | State Rep. Chris Reykdal and Sen. David Frockt are proposing a 1 percent state tax on corporate and personal incomes in exchange for killing off the state business and occupation tax and reducing the state sales tax. The bill language is still being finalized, but Reykdal, a Tumwater… |
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| University of Washington ranks 14th in 'best education for your money' | The University of Washington in Seattle ranks number 14 for public colleges that offer the best education for your money, according to a report released by Kiplinger's. |
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| Kiplinger’s ranks Western among 100 best values | |||
| Tax-increase fight likely to dominate session | Lawmakers on Monday will start looking at ways to hack $2 billion out of the state's $32.2 billion budget, but tax talk is likely to dominate much of the 30-day special session. |
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| Gov.'s budget plan riles up education stakeholders | Gov. Chris Gregoire tried to sell her idea for a temporary sales tax increase to replace budget cuts to a classroom of college students on Tuesday, but only about half of the students raised their hands to say they would vote for the plan to bring in an estimated $494 million through 2013.… |
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| Gov.'s budget plan riles up education stakeholders | The governor's plan for balancing the state budget in the face of a lingering recession has definitely got people talking, with education cuts among the most heat-generating ideas. |
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| Gregoire proposes half-cent sales-tax increase | Heading into her last year in office, Gov. Chris Gregoire on Monday proposed asking voters for the first state sales-tax increase in 28 years to help deal with a $2 billion budget shortfall. |
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| Cuts in funding – not salaries – are at heart of college budget problems | A recent op-ed by Sen. Mike Carrell rightly voiced concerns about rising costs facing students in Washington’s institutions of higher education. Unfortunately, Carrell diagnosed the problem as primarily driven by rising salaries and admini-strative costs. |
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| President Shepard sends update on governor's proposed budget |