budget
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| Legislature: What's the problem just finishing its work? | Olympia Democrats: "We've blinked enough in 2013-2015 budget talks. It's your turn to make some concessions." |
2013-06-12 | |
| 2nd special session looms as 2 sides far apart | State lawmakers remain stuck in a partisan fight that appears certain to drive the Legislature into a second special session. |
2013-06-11 | |
| State Senate passes budget plan | With just days left in an overtime legislative session, the state Senate on Saturday approved a budget plan that made some concessions on revenue, provided House Democrats agree to other demands. |
2013-06-10 | |
| House approves revised state budget plan | The state House approved a revised budget plan Thursday night, advancing the new spending plan even though it still lacks support in the Senate. |
2013-06-07 | |
| House budget plan says no thanks to Senate proposal putting part-time workers into Obamacare exchange for health coverage | House Democrats’ latest budget proposal gives in to Senate Republicans on many spending and tax questions, but it holds firm its opposition to the Senate’s plan to shift part-time school or state employees into the health exchange being opened next year via Obamacare. Washington appears to be… |
2013-06-06 | |
| State Senate leaders cool to House plan to cut spending | In a bid to break a budget logjam, House Democrats put a new offer on the table Wednesday that sharply reduces their previous spending targets and tax-hike plans. The new proposal cuts $790 million in spending from the Democrats’ original plans and jettisons $800 million in new tax… |
2013-06-06 | |
| Inslee criticizes lack of progress on budget | Gov. Jay Inslee said Tuesday that he is concerned about the "lack of substantive progress" in budget negotiations as lawmakers near the end of an overtime session, and he specifically called out a measure put forth by Senate Republicans that he says will take money away from education… |
2013-06-05 | |
| Without deal, lawmakers fear special session may stretch into 2nd overtime | With just more than a week left in an overtime legislative session, negotiations on the state budget continue, but without a deal in sight and limited activity at the Capitol, one lawmaker Monday said the possibility of a second overtime session was more and more likely. |
2013-06-04 | |
| Higher ed remains the key | The mainspring for landing the Boeing 777X in Washington is higher ed and addressing the skills gap in engineering and technology. The best social program for self-sufficiency, the best business strategy for curtailing unemployment and goosing the economy, is higher ed. |
2013-05-20 | |
| Washington state universities "really at risk," Inslee says | Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee told a Seattle audience Monday that he wants to reduce public university tuitions after several years of diminishing state support for higher education. “We’re really at risk of having our colleges erode,” Inslee told the audience at a sold-out luncheon of… |
2013-05-15 |