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| Gregoire: 鈥楢鈥 for lawmakers | Gov. Chris Gregoire, speaking Thursday to an audience of technology executives in Vancouver, gave the 2011 Legislature an 鈥淎鈥 grade for tackling state government reform on several fronts during a session she described as the most challenging in 80 years. In a surprisingly upbeat speech to鈥 |
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| College Students Face Steep Tuition Hikes, Fewer Openings | Students attending college in Washington State are likely to see tuition rates spike next year鈥攊f they can get into classes. |
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| 草榴社区 Board of Trustees To Consider Tuition Hike | Western Washington University could be allowed to set its own tuition in order to make up for cuts in state funding. Steve Swan, spokesperson for Western, says the Board of Trustees likely will make a tuition decision during its meeting scheduled for June 9th and 10th. |
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| Cash-Strapped Colleges Target Out-of-State Students | State college administrators grappling with funding woes have identified a clever fiscal remedy, but only at the risk of rankling local taxpayers. Some public universities buffeted by expiring federal stimulus monies and dwindling state resources are recruiting out-of-state students at鈥 |
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| Bipartisan state budget passes | State lawmakers put their final touches on deep spending cuts as they ended a dreary budget-slashing special session Wednesday night. |
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| Summary: A look at what passed, failed in Olympia | It took Washington state lawmakers more than four months to reach an agreement on the state's next two-year budget, but they finally managed to do that before the end of their 30-day special session Wednesday. Lawmakers also dealt with a handful of key policy issues during the legislative鈥 |
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| Tuition flexibility may help Wash. colleges | There's a very good reason Washington's university presidents aren't tearing down the governor's door this week to complain about a proposed half billion dollar cut in state dollars for the state's colleges and universities over the next two years, and it has nothing to鈥 |
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| Shepard sends budget update to campus community | |||
| Faculty Senate, UPRC to review budget recommendations May 25 | |||
| Budget agreement may be days away | The sound of state legislators stirring toward adjournment could be heard a little louder Thursday at the Capitol. Budget writers in the state House and Senate were working into the evening to narrow their differences on a roughly $32 billion two-year operating budget, and leaders talked鈥 |